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 ...

where the metal has been produced as a byproduct of alumina, as well as South Korea and Japan — as a byproduct of zinc. In North America, germanium is recovered alongside zinc, lead and other ...

GEM Co Ltd., a Chinese battery-materials producer, aims to ramp up its recycling capacity for niche metals that have been ...

A piece of germanium as the base had two metal electrodes touching it as the emitter or collector, and as [Marcin Marciniak] shows us, you can make one yourself (Polish language, Google Translate ...

Chinese players account for the bulk of world output of five essential elements used in 80,000 American weapons parts, ...

Yilin Wong from the University of California, Los Angeles, accidentally left a germanium sample coated with metal films in contact with water. The next day, spiral patterns were visible under the ...

The germanium itself sat on a metal plate attached to a voltage source. This contraption was the very first semiconductor amplifier, because when a bit of current came through one of the gold ...

Cantex Mine Development Corp. (TSXV: CD) (OTCQB: CTXDF) (the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its 100-percent-owned 14,077 hectare North Rackla claim block in the Yukon.

Trump administration is drafting an executive order that will enable the stockpiling of deep-sea metals in a bid to counter China's dominance in rare earths and battery minerals supply chains.

Our main infrared optical products include Ge optics / Ge crystal / GaAs / ZnSe, etc. Vital Materials has further increased its production capacity for germanium metal and blanks, now reaching a ...

82% of refined germanium production is in China. This leaves the West in need of alternative sources to reliably supply this critical metal, which is used in computer chips, solar panels ...