Akita Rare Metals gallium and germanium operation
Germanium recycling line: output
Material · Metal
Refined Germanium Metal
Zone-refined germanium metal (typically intrinsic, up to 13N electrical purity), the input to crystal growth for substrates and IR optics.
Elements
Facility flows
5N Plus St. George germanium refinery
Germanium zone-refining line: output
Indium Corporation Rome metals operation
Germanium pure-metal line: output
Lattice Materials Bozeman germanium plant
Germanium scrap-to-metal line: output
Lattice Materials Bozeman germanium plant
Optical-grade germanium crystal line: input
Umicore Olen germanium complex
Germanium recycling and refining line: output
Umicore Olen germanium complex
High-purity germanium chemicals line: input
Umicore Olen germanium complex
Germanium crystal and substrate line: input
Umicore Quapaw germanium materials plant
Germanium recycling line: output
Umicore Quapaw germanium materials plant
Germanium zone-refining line: output
Umicore Quapaw germanium materials plant
Germanium tetrachloride line: input
Umicore Quapaw germanium materials plant
Germanium crystal and optical-material line: input
Sources
- U.S. Geological Survey · published Feb 1, 2026 · retrieved Aug 15, 2026 · archive unavailable: Wayback capture queued at record creation 2026-08-15; archive verification deferred to a weekly pass