The Chips are Down
The hunt for rare earths is at the frontline of the competition for economic supremacy being waged between the US and China. It’s not just a case of finding the essential elements needed for electronic vehicles and modern electronic devices like smartphones and the like but also the processes involved in refining the materials and making the chip technology to enable future exploitation of them.
China is at the forefront of finding the material and Taiwan is the leader in chip technology.
As this story explains:
The realities laid out in this story make it clear that Taiwan is set for a very interesting short-term future and makes the territory even more valuable to the Chinese.
Watch this space.
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