Samsung Strike Halts 36% of Global DRAM Output
An 18-day strike by 48,000 workers at Samsung Electronics threatens to remove 3% to 4% of global DRAM supply from ...
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Samsung Strike Blocked Amid $30B Bonus Dispute
A South Korean court has blocked a planned 18-day strike by over 45,000 Samsung Electronics workers, averting a potential $67 ...
Rodda & Son Cuts Emissions 14% in Supply Chain Drive
Sriram Kasbe, Sustainability Advisor at Rodda & Son Ltd, led a data-driven net-zero strategy at the Cornish creamery that achieved ...
Semiconductor Manufacturing by Country 2026 — worldpopulationreview.com
According to worldpopulationreview.com, Taiwan leads global semiconductor fabrication with 79 plants in 2025, followed by Japan (96), the U.S. (78), ...
Amplify Battery Plant Delay Pushes SOP to 2028 — www.ttnews.com
Amplify Cell Technologies’ Mississippi battery plant — a joint venture of Daimler Truck, Paccar, and Cummins’ Accelera — has delayed ...
US Manufacturing Output Fell 0.5% in March — supplychaindigital.com
US industrial production fell 0.5% in March 2026, driven by Middle East–linked raw material shortages and escalating tariff costs. The ...
Japan–South Korea Semiconductor Materials Dispute: 3 Export Controls, $6B Market Impact — www.cambridge.org
Japan’s 2019 export controls on fluorinated polyimide, photoresists, and hydrogen fluoride triggered a $6.03 billion trade shock for South Korea’s ...
Apple Returns to Intel After 6 Years Amid Supply Chain Strain — timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apple has preliminarily agreed to resume chip manufacturing with Intel after six years—driven by supply chain constraints at TSMC, its ...
China Gold Output Falls 12.3%, Bars & Coins Demand Jumps 45% — www.bloomberg.com
China’s gold output fell 12.3% year-on-year to 89.2 tonnes in Q1 2026, while retail demand for bars and coins jumped ...
BIS Imposes $252M Semiconductor Export Penalty — www.kharon.com
The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed a $252 million penalty on Applied Materials in 2026—the second-largest in ...
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