How Tungsten Impacts the Electronics Supply Chain

April 28, 2022

We talk to Lewis Black, the CEO of Almonty Industries, about the global impact of continued microchip shortages and what this means for mobile electronics and other industries.

Alix Paultre

Related To: Electronic Design

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Disruptive events such as the latest wave of COVID-19 infections in China is significantly impacting the electronics supply chain, as manufacturers struggle to get their hands on the raw materials, like the tungsten used in power-management circuits and other microchips. These challenges directly influence the supply of finished consumer electronics products.

We talk to Lewis Black, the CEO of Almonty Industries, an international raw materials development company that mines tungsten, about the global impact of continued microchip shortages and what this means not just for mobile electronics, but all other industries needing this important material.

About the Author

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Electronic Design

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Also check out his YouTube watch-collecting channel, Talking Timepieces.