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US designates helium a critical material
Original: US designates helium as a critical material
The United States has formally designated helium as a critical material, placing the gas alongside minerals considered vital to national security and the economy. The move highlights growing concern over supply chains for helium, which is essential for semiconductors, MRI scanners, rockets and scientific research, and is produced by only a handful of countries.
Why now: Helium supply shortages and its importance to chips, medicine and defence have made its official critical-material status newsworthy
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