The US, EU, Japan look to DRC in microchip war with China
A worker produces chips for mobile phones, cars, and LED lighting at a workshop in Huai, a city in Jiangsu province, China, 29 April 2024.
Over time, the US hopes, the DRC can help break China's hold on the metal, as its biggest supplier by far. Under a long-term agreement with Gecamines subsidiary La Société pour le Traitement du Terril de Lubumbashi , the European company will be involved in recovering germanium from the Big Hill tailings site in Lubumbashi.
Big Hill is a 10 million-tonne dump rich in zinc, silver, cobalt, and copper, according to Umicore, but germanium may be the most important prize.. That came as the USA sought to limit China's access to advanced microchips manufactured in the West – often using minerals from China, which accounts for 68% of the world's supply of germanium, according to the
Over time, the MSP hopes, the DRC could account for 30% of the global supply of germanium - enough to"bolster supply chains to US European, and Japanese markets," the US State Department said.
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