Washington / DC / Trail / Revere / Quapaw / Plainview / Clarksville / /
Company
Granaria Holdings BV / Eagle-Picher Industries Inc. / Cominco Ltd. / Savage Resources Ltd. / Cabot Corp. / Metal Bulletin / New York Times / World Review / IBM Corporation / Savage Zinc Inc. / Atomergic Chemetals Corp. / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Taiwan / Germany / Romania / Netherlands / Estonia / Belgium / France / Japan / Russia / United States / Soviet Union / Canada / Korea / United Kingdom / China / Israel / Ukraine / Spain / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Company Expansion / Natural Disaster / M&A / /
Facility
Cominco smelter / Elmwood-Gordonsville Mine / /
IndustryTerm
germanium producer / silicon-germanium chip / aerospace applications / portable devices / visible light optical systems / nonmilitary systems / telecommunications industry / cheaper chip / weapon-sighting applications / zinc mining operations / zone-refined metal ingots / metal / satellite systems / germanium metal / electrical/solar applications / fiberoptic interconnect hardware / infrared optical systems / polycrystalline germanium metal / /
Organization
Defense Logistics Agency / Bureau of the Census / Electro-Optic Materials Department / U.S. Department of Defense / Congress / Union Minière’s Electro-Optic Materials Business Unit in Belgium / U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin / /
Position
statistical assistant / domestic germanium producer / producer / D.J. / producer in the United States / /
ProvinceOrState
Alaska / British Columbia / New York / Tennessee / Pennsylvania / Oklahoma / /
GERMANIUM By Robert D. Brown, Jr. Domestic survey data and table were prepared by Carolyn Crews, statistical assistant. Germanium, a grayish-white element, is a semiconductor, with electrical characteristics between thos