ASP Isotopes Offers Helium Alternative As Qatar Export Crisis Looms

ASP Isotopes Offers Helium Alternative As Qatar Export Crisis Looms ASP Isotopes could provide timely relief for the global helium shortage. In a new research note from Canaccord Genuity analyst George Gianarikas, he highlights the company’s Virginia Gas Project in South Africa as a potential new source of supply just as Qatar’s helium exports face major disruption. The warning comes shortly after we reported on Qatar’s Ras Laffan complex damage and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which together threaten roughly one-third of global helium output. Helium remains essential for semiconductor manufacturing,...