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Praxair Inc. has signed another long-term contract with an electronics manufacturer in Shanghai, China.

From its usage in welding and cutting, fibre optics, electronics, aerospace and leak-testing applications, to its publicly recognisable role in balloon inflation, helium is a global commodity delivered through a complex supply chain. 

Helium is an essential resource for industrial use. The gas has become invaluable for leak detection as well as cooling in metal working and in medical equipment. To combat what seem like ever-looming shortages, new...

The global helium business is full of fragilities and fluctuations by its very nature, as we have experienced in the last decade alone.

As we enter the New Year, the helium business continues to find itself in a state of equilibrium, if not over-supply at times.