*The U.S. is the source of natural high-purity quartz for chipmaking for the entire world, specifically one particular mine in North Carolina; it's rarer than rare earth materials. China is trying to change that. *
*Rarer than rare earth materials* <https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/the-world-is-overly-reliant-on-one-us-located-mine-for-critical-chipmaking-material-but-china-is-working-to-break-the-stranglehold-china-investing-over-usd14-million-in-synthetic-quartz-manufacturing-to-diversify-away-from-us-dependency?utm_term=B0E130A3-FB83-4898-8071-86AA305566E4&lrh=01da63cc3d9f5f0f930e10d41b9099b85b7a15540b7052a555e92e95d694d51a&utm_campaign=2F4928DB-7559-479A-B06E-4801050D48B1&utm_medium=email&utm_content=E9AD235C-5832-4CDD-8FE0-A72DF1474278&utm_source=SmartBrief> John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> n77 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0v7nNZsnMrL47G2KSZVUxZKuwcECd3KpcuXoWTAoX5JQ%40mail.gmail.com.
