The deal will provide access for MTM to “ultra-high value scrap” containing up to 20% indium, 15% gallium and 18% germanium, with tin also a focus of the MoU. MTM says the partners will ...

In the US, Trafigura Group’s Nyrstar unit is evaluating building a germanium facility in Tennessee. Recycling could also be key. Factory-floor scrap already accounts for some supply of both metals.

The fun doesn’t stop at germanium. In experiments, thin layers of gold—yes, the real deal—allowed visible light to shine through, provided the metal was reduced to a thickness of 100 ...

But they have a rich history, going back through the silicon era to germanium junction transistors, and thence to the original devices. if you’ve ever looked at the symbol for a transistor and ...

Gallium and germanium are metals used in high-speed computer chips and in the defence and renewable energy sectors. [Macro photo/Shutterstock] Companies caught out by China's decision to restrict ...

Amid the ongoing US-China chip war over the past years, the Chinese government has taken counter-measures, including export restrictions on critical materials such as gallium, germanium ...

s TECK-B-T production of the critical mineral germanium. Vancouver-based Teck produces germanium at its Trail smelter in British Columbia’s Kootenay region as a byproduct of zinc mining in Alaska.