What Are Gallium and Germanium? The Niche Metals Hit by China’s Export Ban
(Bloomberg) -- Two obscure yet crucial metals, gallium and germanium, are the latest pawns in the escalating US-China trade war. On Dec. 3, China announced an export ban on both metals to the US ...
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Germanium use reduced in GaAs solar cells by new two-step process
A research team from Canada’s Sheerbroke University says it has created a nanoporous germanium-based (np-Ge ... cells based on III-V elements such as gallium arsenide. In the paper Uprooting ...
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Tin price jumps after Alphamin temporarily ceases operations at Congo mine
Tin prices jumped to eight-month highs on Thursday after Alphamin Resources said it would temporarily cease operations at its Bisie tin mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to unrest ...
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Tin prices surge after Alphamin temporarily stops Congo mine operations as insurgency grows
Alphamin Resources (OTCPK:AFMJF) said Thursday it is evacuating its Bisie tin mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to the advance of insurgent militants; shares are wobbling between ...