Global Market (GLOBAL) · USD
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$164.82
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Germanium is a gray metalloid used primarily as a semiconductor and infrared optical material—essential for fiber‑optic components, infrared optics, multijunction solar cells and certain catalysts—making it important to telecommunications, defense and renewable‑energy supply chains. Its price is driven by a limited, by‑product–dominated supply (from zinc/copper processing and coal fly ash), strict high‑purity requirements, small market size and geographic concentration of production, which together create sensitivity to demand swings, recycling rates and geopolitical risk.