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The world's second largest economy is putting controls on gallium and germanium exports.

Tackle — transition, so we can start to tackle some of the challenges around — tackle some of the challenges around it_ tackle some of the challenges around it decarbonisation. earlier, i spoke with anna ashton of political risk consultancy firm eurasia group, who explained the impact of restriction on supply chains. these two particular minerals are not the most widely used, they are not the ones that the united states and other countries are the muster line on china for, they're not the hardest to get, so i think it is important to keep in mind that if china had put these sorts of restri...

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 gallium or germanium until just now, 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 the...

What this materials more means for the rest of the world. the consensus is that will be damaging not fatal for the united states. the reason china dominate the market is not because it is the only place where gallium and germanium exists, but because it is by far the cheapest place you can get them from. you don'tjust dig them up from the ground, they are derived from a more complicated reduction process and china has that capability. so governments and businesses will have to rely on cheaper substitutes and alternative sources. it means prices will go up, it means some products might be less ...

China's new restrictions on the export of gallium and germanium have heightened concerns about a major semiconductor shortage.