According to a report by Bloomberg on Mining.com, the US Department of Defense (DoD) invested $18 million in Canada's 5N Plus Inc. to help the company expand its germanium metal refining capacity.

The Pentagon issued the Defense Production Act Title III award -- which includes funding from the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022 -- in mid-December but had to delay ...

The Department of War will spend $18.1 million through the Defense Production Act to expand U.S. germanium refining for military systems.

The US Department of Defense made an $18 million investment in Canada’s 5N Plus to help the company expand refining capacity ...

The Department of War announced today a 15 December 2025 investment of $18.1 million in Defense Production Act (DPA) Title ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Canada's Teck Resources is weighing options to expand production of germanium, a strategic metal key to chipmaking, and is currently talking with governments, including Canada and ...

BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Prices of germanium, a strategic metal key to chipmaking, hit a record high on Wednesday in top producer China, driven by speculation of possible state buying, industry ...

Cantex's directors are pleased to provide a summary of the germanium results received from the Company's Massive Sulphide project in the Yukon, Canada. Since its discovery, the Massive Sulphide ...

Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK) is considering options to boost production of germanium, a strategic metal key to chipmaking, and is talking with governments including Canada and the U.S. on available ...

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - Dwindling supply of germanium from world leading producer China has taken prices for the metal used in fibre optics and electronics to 7-1/2 month highs, with market ...

Our current chip technology is largely based on silicon -- even though different materials such as silicon-germanium would have decisive advantages. The problem is that it is very hard to create clean ...