Mineral Monopoly: China’s Control over Gallium Is a National Security Threat
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China has secured a virtual monopoly over gallium, a critical mineral used to produce microchips in advanced military technologies. Failing to de-risk gallium supply chains could have serious security and economic consequences for the United States and its allies.
    • albigu@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Building on that but on a more serious front, what third world countries in the world have more exploitable galium production that could get democratically expropriated by the international community?

      • Buchenstr@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        71·
        1 year ago

        None so far, except ukraine has found some gallium ores. But those minerals lie in the Donetsk region, so it can’t be exploited. And ukraine will never get Donetsk so right now the west is completely starved of this resource.

        • albigu@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
          7·
          1 year ago

          So you’re saying NATO is going to defensively first-strike nuke Russia to protect USA “national security” of foreign resources? \s