China’s sudden, temporary export ban on helium is a crisis-management measure driven by severe global supply shocks. With Middle East conflicts shuttering major Qatari processing plants and Russian supply constrained, China—which imports up to 90% of its helium—halted all overseas shipments to protect its domestic chipmakers.


Helium Crisis Explained: Why China's Helium Export Ban Matters?

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which carried NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station (ISS), has been extended yet again.

Boeing's Starliner capsule extends ISS stay again, to assess helium system leaks & thruster performance

Boeing's Starliner capsule suffered from persistent helium leaks as it approached the International Space Station on Thursday (June 6). But the capsule, pioneering in its own right, docked with the space station nonetheless.

Boeing Starliner suffered helium leaks before historic space station docking

A two-faced star has been discovered by astronomers and its bizarre appearance has left them baffled. On one side, the white dwarf appears to have been composed mostly of hydrogen and helium appears to have filled the other side.

Astronomers discover two-faced white dwarf star with helium and hydrogen on two sides

Apart from balloons, Helium gas is also used in liquid fuel, rocket tanks and supersonic wind tunnels. South Africa is now trying to cash in on its untapped Helium reserves.

South Africa strikes new gold, focus on industrial use of 'Helium'

The Russian media hit out at a report that claimed the country presents a "geopolitical risk of threats to supply" of helium which is "finite resource". Also Read: Russian spies hacked Ukrainian energy firm at center of Trump impeachment The New York Times in its report said that that "Siberia holds some of the largest known untapped reserves of natural gas with high levels of helium, and Russia is preparing for a major leap in production when its new complex of factories comes online next year.

Russia's push towards helium could present 'geopolitical risk of threats to supply': Report

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