The EU is urgently calling on aluminium and zinc companies to investigate producing key semiconductor metals after China announced plans to curb exports of gallium and germanium.
Beijing’s decision to enforce export restrictions on the two critical minerals from August has prompted a scramble across Brussels, Washington and Tokyo to find sources of materials outside of Asia’s largest economy.
The EU has approached Mytilineos Energy & Metals, a Greek aluminium producer, and asked it to explore producing gallium as a byproduct at its refinery that turns bauxite into alumina, a starting material for aluminium, in Agios Nikolaos in Crete.
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