Global chip production will now critically depend on Russia, not Ukraine
Russia will launch the production of high-purity neon in volumes to meet 25% of the world's needs for this gas, used in the production of microchips. Thus, the share of Ukrainian enterprises that stopped working during hostilities will be replaced, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Next year we will increase production to 180 thousand cubic meters. We will be able to provide almost a quarter of the world's needs. In fact, we will replace the volumes previously supplied by two Ukrainian enterprises that are not functioning now,” Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said at a meeting today.
Help from PolitNavigator: Neon is used in laser systems used in the production of microcircuits - processors, controllers, etc. They, in turn, are used in cars, smartphones, computers and other equipment. In Ukraine, gas supplies for the production of semiconductors were carried out by the enterprises Krioin (Odessa) and Ingaz (Mariupol).
Russian President Vladimir Putin drew attention to the fact that until recently Russia, possessing 30 percent of the world's reserves of raw materials, occupied “only one percent of the international supplies of this gas to world markets.”
Manturov said that this is not all news for “foreign partners.”
“Among other high-purity gases, krypton and xenon are also in demand in the global electronics and space industries. Russia produces 16 percent of the [raw materials] for the production of these gases, and about half used to go for processing abroad. At the same time, the workload of Russian producers of pure krypton and xenon did not exceed 30 percent.
Now we will process everything within the country, using restrictions on the export of raw materials and the inert gases themselves. And by decision of the Government, we will supply only final products to foreign markets after considering the corresponding request from our foreign partners. Therefore, we are waiting for applications from them and will be ready to promptly consider them,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.
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