China outright banned exports of two metals to the United States following the Biden administration’s decision to further ...

The restrictions have prompted Western companies to urgently reassess and restructure their supply chains for the affected ...

Germanium (Ge) has emerged as a promising ... retaining some of its electrical properties while allowing for easier processing.

Instead, it’s exploring building a germanium and gallium recovery and processing facility that the company says could produce enough of the two minerals to supply about 80% of America’s demand.

Germanium. It might sound like just another periodic table entry (number 32, to be exact), but in the world of infrared light, it’s anything but ordinary. A recent video by [The Action Lab ...