> 80% of the sand used in semiconductors comes from a single mine—control the mine and you control much of that aspect of the industry. Tangent, but I suspect

> 80% of the sand used in semiconductors comes from a single mine—control the mine and you control much of that aspect of the industry. Tangent, but I suspect the reality is that as soon as you cut off production in that mine the math changes such that bunch of other potential mines that weren't profitable before suddenly become profitable now. The end result is just slightly more expensive sand, which is presumably only a small portion of the entire cost of semiconductors itself.