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Indium Corp gains $3.2m DOE TRACE-Ga grant to establish domestic high-purity gallium recovery

What happened

Indium Corp received a $3.2 million DOE grant to develop a domestic high-purity gallium recovery process from manufacturing by-products. This aims to establish a more secure U.S. supply chain for a critical material used in defense and semiconductors. 关注: Long-term potential to reduce supply risk for gallium, but no immediate impact on trading prices or availability.

Impact and signal

Low impactImpact score: 12/100

Affected components and suppliers

Gallium

Indium Corp

supply-chainR&Dcritical-minerals

Source and time

Source: Semiconductor Today · 4/27/2026 · View original source

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Indium Corp gains $3.2m DOE TRACE-Ga grant to establish domestic high-purity gallium recovery

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