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"Conflict mining remains an important issue, and one we are beginning to see governments step in to address in different ways. With the global economy as interconnected as ever, it's important to note that many of the products and technologies we use in our daily lives begin at the same source: mines. With leading companies across industries such as electronics, retail and jewelry, auto manufacturing, lighting aerospace, construction, and other industries relying on these commonly used 3TG metals - tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold - implementing effective regulation is essential in order to further advance support to eliminate or reduce human rights violation."

A team of Novellus researchers will be located with CNSE staff at Albany NanoTech, where they'll conduct leading-edge research into advanced nanofabrication processes, including copper fill for interconnects, copper through-silicon via fill for three-dimensional packaging applications, tungsten deposition for transistor contacts, and thin dielectric film deposition.

"China's Ministry of Commerce did not release any export quotas for rare earth, tungsten, and molybdenum in a notice specifying the first group of export quotas for nonferrous metals issued December 29, 2014."

A number of copper semis projects were recently announced in China. Guangzhou JCC Copper Semis, which is a subsidiary of Jiangxi Copper, said that its 400ktpy copper wirerod project was started in Guangdong Zengcheng Economic and Technological Development Zone. It is expected that investment will amount to 2 billion yuan. Another copper wirerod project was initialised by Yingtan Jiangnan Copper in Yingtan Economic and Technological Development Zone. Capacity will amount to 50ktpy of copper wirerod, using copper scrap as raw material. The cost of the project will total 150 million yuan and it is anticipated that it will realise 320 million yuan of operating income when it is commissioned. In addition, a 40ktpy copper semis project was commissioned by Jiangxi Tungsten Catalana S. L. Copper Semis. Adopting European technology, products include high speed railway slip line.