A planned gallium production facility in central Greece has secured a long-term supply agreement with a major U.S. technology company before commercial operations begin.
METLEN Energy & Metals announced on Wednesday that the agreement covers approximately 25 percent of the...
Greece has approved a €340 million ($395 million) strategic investment that could turn the country into a key supplier of gallium for Europe, with production expected to completely cover EU demand. The decision strengthens Europe’s effort to secure critical...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a €90 million ($104.4 million) financing agreement with Greece’s METLEN Energy & Metals to pioneer the production of gallium, a rare and critical mineral essential for the EU’s high-tech future.
The investment coincides...
Greece could emerge as a key player in securing Europe’s needs for the rare earth metal gallium, the German financial newspaper Handelsblatt noted recently.
“Greek company Metlen Energy & Metals SA is investing €295.5 million in the European Union’s...
Greece has become one of the 13 EU members states that were given the green light to proceed with projects aiming to bolster Europe's raw material independence, with the Greek initiative focusing on the rare mineral gallium.
The announcement was...
Researchers, led by Director Rod Ruoff at the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM) in the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), as well as graduate students from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), have successfully grown diamonds.
They...
The existence of deposits of scarce metals germanium and gallium in Greece was confirmed by exploration company Rockfire Resources last summer after its drill at Molaoi in the Peloponnese.
The London-listed metal exploration company says that the discovered high-grade germanium...
China’s Ministry of Commerce and China Customs recently announced export controls on gallium and germanium products (including compounds), effective August 1.
This action, aimed at “safeguarding national security and interests,” according to Chinese officials, has stirred global panic within various...
