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India’s Hunt For Strategic Minerals: Explore Within, Look Beyond

 India’s Hunt For Strategic Minerals: Explore Within, Look Beyond
NEW DELHI: In about four months from now, India faces a potentially crippling shortage of Helium gas due to falling levels of production in the United States. India imports around ₹55,000 crore ($733 million) of Helium from the U.S. every year for use in rockets and nuclear reactors to MRI scans and electronics. In fact, wherever a high level of refrigeration is required, as in semiconductor chips and magnets, Helium, given its low boiling point, is considered to be an ideal cooling agent....Read More

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Surya Gangadharan

Thirty eight years in journalism, widely travelled, history buff with a preference for Old Monk Rum. Current interest/focus spans China, Technology and Trade. Recent reads: Steven Colls Directorate S and Alexander Frater's Chasing the Monsoon. Netflix/Prime video junkie. Loves animal videos on Facebook. Reluctant tweeter.

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