SYDNEY — Noveon Magnetics in Texas has been fielding daily calls since early April. As China clamps down on exports of seven key rare-earth elements and the high-performance magnets they are used to make, would-be buyers are urgently seeking alternatives. Source link
GUANGZHOU — The Chinese government is poised to intensify trade restrictions on technology used to make materials for electric vehicle batteries and semiconductors in a bid to maintain its competitive advantage against the U.S. The new curbs will apply to production technology for gallium, an element used to make semiconductors, and cathode materials for lithium-ion…
TAIPEI — The latest U.S. export controls on China’s chip sector are causing more disruption than the industry expected, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. takes an extremely cautious approach to ensure compliance, sources briefed on the matter said. TSMC, the world’s top contract chipmaker, has been informing Chinese customers that use the company’s 16-nanometer or…