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—–20январь
Montreal high-purity metals producer 5N Plus Inc. has taken a two-thirds stake in Utah's Sylarus Technologies LLC, a leading producer of germanium substrates for solar cells, by converting a $3-million (U.S.) debenture into Sylarus shares. Sylarus is a customer of Firebird Technologies, a U.S. subsidiary of 5N Plus that provides high-purity germanium feedstock and recycling for germanium-containing residues. Also, 5N will provide Sylarus with $766,000 in immediate funding and will support its working capital and development expenses as needed.
—–18март
Umicore has completed construction of its new germanium substrate production facility in Quapaw, OK, USA, adjacent to the firm’s existing site. Construction was started in July 2008.
 The 40,000 square foot facility is now undergoing process start-up and qualification runs. The new substrate facility is on the same campus as the Umicore germanium optics and high-purity chemicals operation for the US market and will be integrated in the existing IS014001, 2004 system during 2010.
—–11март
Voltaix, LLC, a leading provider of materials that enhance the performance of semiconductor chips and solar cells, plans to open a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Voltaix, LLC will construct the plant at the Portland Industrial Park in Upper Mt. Bethel Township. Plant construction is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of this year with operations beginning in 2011.
—–10март
5N Plus Inc., a leading producer and provider of high-purity metals and compounds for electronic applications, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Firebird Technologies Inc. ("Firebird") has entered into long-term supply agreements for germanium and indium feedstocks with Teck Metals Ltd. ("Teck")
—–25февраль
Ukrainian State Enterprise "Zaporozhye Titanium – Magnesium Works" (ZTMW) was enlisted to “white list" of register of companies, for which simplified procedure of customs control is used.
—–24февраль
The first laser built from germanium that can emit wavelengths of light useful for optical communications has been demonstrated by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It's also the first germanium laser to operate at room temperature.
—–27май
China's southwestern Yunnan Province has started the second round of nonferrous metals stockpiling in a bid to ensure steady growth of the local industry, according to a statement of the provincial government's industry and communications commission. The statement said the reserve plan covers copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, tin, germanium and industrial silicon.

—–26май
Mid-Tennessee Zinc Corp (“MTZ”) mine complex, which belonged to  Resource Acquisition Corporation ("SRA"), was acquired by Nyrstar SA/NV for about US$ 10 mln.
—–24февраль
War Eagle Mining Company Inc. announced a new discovery hole at the Tres Marias concession in Mexico. The assay result for this hole is an intercept of 1.35 meters with a grade of 6.97% Zinc and 37 grams per tonne Germanium. The hole is located at La Blanca, which is approximately 600 meters to the south-east of the old mine shaft, but still on the concession.
—–24февраль
Australian company PacMag Metals considers possibility of germanium extraction from lignite of the Church deposit in western North Dakota (Sentinel project), where the main products are uranium and molybdenum.
—–07декабрь
War Eagle Mining Company Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent with ELCOGAS SA of Spain regarding the testing of fly ash from its Puertollano power plant with the aim of recovering germanium (Ge) and gallium (Ga). The Puertollano Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plant is a coal gasification thermal power plant that was supported by the European Union to facilitate clean energy production from coal.
—–06декабрь
Strategic Resource Acquisition Corporation ("SRA") is ready to restart the work at its Mid-Tennessee zinc mining complex (MTM) after structural rehabilitation and commissioning of equipment. The Company expects to be producing its first concentrate in December. SRA announced that it has entered into an agreement in principle with Nyrstar SA/NV ("Nyrstar"), the world's largest producer of zinc metals and alloys, for the sale of a major portion of its zinc production from the MTM. The concentrate from MTM's facilities in Gordonsville will be processed at Nyrstar's smelter in Clarksville, Tennessee located 100 miles west of the MTM complex.
—–01декабрь
USA DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) retained germanium tetrafuoride in the list of their Appenix A to Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Interim Final Rule, effective from 20 November 2007. Appendix A lists chemicals of interest and screening threshold quantities, or STQs.

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