china s export restrictions on two materials key to the semiconductor industry will take effect. the country produces a majority of the rare earths gallium and germanium for the global supply chain. china slapped export restrictions on the materials last month, in a move widely seen as retaliation for american curbs on tech sales to china. nick marsh with more. you may never have heard of gallium or germanium untiljust now, maybe, but they are important elements, so called critical materials, and they are needed for chips in things like mobile phones, leds, satellites, military equipment as well, and the reason that they have been in the news is because most of it comes from china. 60% of the world s germanium and 80% of the world s gallium and from today, will be much more difficult to get our hands on it.
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China's export controls on some gallium and germanium products take effect on Tuesday, with traders braced for a drop in international supply in August and September while exporters sort out newly required permits. China, the world's top supplier of the two minor metals used to make semiconductors, announced restrictions on the exports of eight gallium and six germanium products in early July, citing national security reasons. From Tuesday, exporters of these products need to apply for export licences for dual-use items and technologies - those with potential military as well as civil applications, according to China's Ministry of Commerce.
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Chinese controls on exports of two metals critical to making semiconductors came into force on Tuesday, a day after Beijing imposed curbs on the foreign sales of some drones