Facility

5N Plus St. George germanium refinery

The Department of War states that 5N Plus will expand zone-refining capacity at St. George sevenfold to more than 20 tonnes of germanium metal per year.

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Location: St. George, Utah, United States

High purity refining

Germanium zone-refining line

Operating

Zone refining of germanium metal for optics and solar crystal supply chains

Material flow

Germanium Leach Concentrate → Refined Germanium Metal

Capacity

20 t/year · Product mass · Target · as of Jan 29, 2026

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

Sources

U.S. Department of War · published Jan 29, 2026 · retrieved Aug 18, 2026 · archive unavailable: Archive not verified at record creation (Wayback throttled or timed out 2026-08-18); backfill pending.