With a third of the global supply offline because of the war in Iran, gas companies are scrambling to assure critical A.I.

As the Middle East crisis rages on, Iran's attack last week on Qatar's critical natural gas export infrastructure has sent ...

Fears of a helium crunch are mounting after a drop in global output since the start of the Iran war, as the conflict’s impact ...

Helium has emerged as a key focus for the tech sector as industry watchers cast their minds to the implications of a ...

The global helium market is currently facing an unprecedented supply shock, driven by geopolitical instability in the Middle East. As of March 2026, disruptions at Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City, ...

Tightened supply ⁠of ⁠helium due to the Middle ⁠East conflict has started affecting some production in the global ​tech ...

French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide opened a new factory near the port of Taichung, Taiwan, on Wednesday, as the semiconductor industry faces a worsening helium shortage.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped a third of the world’s commercial helium, threatening the irreplaceable ...

About 30 percent of the world's helium supply depends on the Strait of Hormuz. Its closure means higher prices for tech ...

The heated race to achieve the extreme cold that quantum technologies demand may have a frontrunner. Chinese scientists have ...

Qatar’s exports of natural gas and helium—the latter essential for MRI scans—were effectively halted after Iran closed the ...

The Iran war is tightening global tech supply chains by cutting off helium from Qatar, a key source of the gas used in advanced industries like chipmaking.