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Trivium China Associate Director Cory Combs discusses how minerals like bismuth were used in a staggering array of applications from Pepto-Bismol to military uses with supply chains difficult to trace strategically, noting that the complexity of China's minerals controls would become even more significant over time with impacts in two dimensions - the obvious direct supply disruption when materials like tungsten became unavailable for manufacturing, and the less visible but significant uncertainty created when controls on lesser-known materials required weeks of corporate and government resources to assess their impact. at a US-China Economic and Security Review Commission briefing on risks of Chinese components and critical minerals in global energy infrastructure.