The Iran war is not only disrupting the global energy market but is also threatening the world's supply of helium and aluminum, key materials used in products such as semiconductor chips, medical ...

The Iran war isn’t just affecting energy supplies. It is also cutting deeply into supplies of the invisible gas that is essential for cooling artificial-intelligence chip-making tools and keeping MRI ...

The war in the Middle East has already upended global supply chains for petroleum and fertilizer — and now it’s helium’s turn. Normally, about a third of the global supply of the gas comes from Qatar ...

Skip the noise. Get the download. Helium, key to semiconductor manufacturing, has emerged as a key focus for the tech sector as the Iran war impacts supply chains globally. A prolonged conflict would ...

With a third of the global supply offline because of the war in Iran, gas companies are scrambling to assure critical A.I. chip makers there will be no disruptions. Air Liquide supplies helium and ...

Ripple effects from the war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continue to widen. There's yet another brewing shortage, this time in helium. While most people associate helium with ...

Helium supply has been affected after Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG plant was hit in an Iranian strike this month. Qatar disruption puts helium supply for India chips at risk Lead times for semiconductor ...

SHANGHAI, March 26 (Reuters) - Tightened supply of helium due to the Middle East conflict has started affecting some production in the global tech supply chains, leaving companies scrambling to secure ...

Liquid helium used for cooling the superconducting magnets of MRI scanners is an unexpected war casualty. Helium, a gas rather difficult to synthesise, is a byproduct of liquified natural gas (LNG) ...

Iran's strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan gas hub have disrupted helium production, showing how the conflict is rippling beyond energy markets to hit industries from technology to healthcare. A disruption ...

TAICHUNG, Taiwan, March 25 : French industrial gases group Air Liquide on Wednesday said a short-term helium shortage is expected due to the conflict in the Middle East, adding it plans to reallocate ...