{"id":148101,"date":"2026-03-18T08:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148101"},"modified":"2026-03-18T08:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:15:01","slug":"korea-taiwan-chip-sectors-most-exposed-to-helium-shortage-amid-middle-east-war-fitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148101","title":{"rendered":"Korea, Taiwan chip sectors most exposed to helium shortage amid Middle East war: Fitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostAs semiconductor industries across South Korea, Taiwan and Japan contend with possible energy shortages due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, they also face differing levels of vulnerability regarding helium supply, according to Fitch Ratings.<br \/>\nHelium, a by-product of natural gas extraction used in semiconductor manufacturing for ultra-clean cooling, leak detection and inert shielding, faces a global squeeze, with Qatar among the world\u2019s most important suppliers.<br \/>\nThis comes as the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3347005\/korea-taiwan-chip-sectors-most-exposed-helium-shortage-amid-middle-east-war-fitch?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostAs semiconductor industries across South Korea, Taiwan and Japan contend with possible energy shortages due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, they&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148101"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}