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Published on: 23. March 2022
Semiconductors: dangerous bottleneck for the noble gas neon
Putin's war is driving American, European and Chinese chip production into a dangerous bottleneck: Ukraine supplies about half of the world's neon. Even in China, the second-largest producer of neon, prices have risen 900 percent since the start of the war. Putin is now able to negotiate with the West: cutting-edge chips in exchange for neon.
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Frank Sieren
Last updated: 24. July 2025