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US targets China's solar dominance with 50% tariffs on solar wafers and polysilicon — tungsten products will see a 25% increase (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think they're asking where the raw materials come from , i.e. the silicon to make the polysilicon. Usually sand is refined for this purpose; a lot of which comes from the Gobi desert in China.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I placed this info elsewhere. Refinery building in Tennessee, query in Canada. At least that's one company shooting to use the silicon for EV batteries. Makes sense because GM built their battery plant here in Tennessee as well. So they could likely ship within the state once refined. (Trump's tarrifs on Canada obviously being an issue)