SEOUL/TAIPEI: South Korean and Taiwanese ministers said on Tuesday (Jul 4) the short-term impact of China's export controls targeting gallium and germanium used in the chip ind
The Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation had about 40 days stockpile of gallium that local industry could use, a government source with knowledge of the matter said, adding there were other sources of germanium.
Taiwan, home to the world's largest contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing , expects the short-term impact of the controls to not be big, Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua told reporters in Taipei. China both produces and exports large amounts of the rare elements gallium and germanium but in unrefined form, which is refined overseas in countries such as the US and Japan, and then imported by Taiwan imports, Wang added.
"But what impact on the international markets long-term controls will have, we will pay attention to, and pay close attention to follow up price fluctuations or supply issues," she said.
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