U.S. defense and tech sectors face crippling shortages of key minerals controlled by China

U.S. defense and tech sectors face crippling shortages of key minerals controlled by China

China’s rare earth export controls are crippling U.S. aerospace and semiconductor production. The price of critical yttrium has soared 69-fold in a year, halting some production lines. U.S. chipmakers face dangerous shortages of scandium, threatening 5G techn…

  • China's rare earth export controls are crippling U.S. aerospace and semiconductor production.
  • The price of critical yttrium has soared 69-fold in a year, halting some production lines… [+5031 chars]