Helium shortages threaten US electronics and MRI

摘要

As helium supply continues to tighten in the US,key businesses that rely on a consistent supply in the country,including semiconductor manufacturers and operators of magnetic resonance image(MRI)machines,are beginning to feel an impact.The Compressed Gas Association(CGA)on 24"1 February highlighted the struggle for these markets as a result of outages at the US Bureau of Land Management's(BLM)crude helium enrichment unit,along other contributing factors.