China has discovered a new source of high-purity quartz in Tibet, a crucial material for semiconductors and solar panels. This find could reduce the nation's reliance on imports and support its self-sufficiency drive in high-tech materials.

China has discovered a new source of high-purity quartz in its western Tibet autonomous region, potentially reducing its reliance on imports of the critical material to make solar panels and semiconductors. High-purity quartz is a gold standard manufacturing material for numerous hi-tech items, including some whose global market is dominated by China. China has relied on imports to obtain the important material, with most coming from the United States, because of a lack of domestic sources for.....