IR Power Systems, LLC is a leading company in the sourcing and refining of Germanium, a critical mineral. The company focuses on supplies of Germanium from resources in North America which include recovery, recycling and reclamation from IR optics and solar cells. The company is also developing primary sources of Germanium from zinc mining properties and coal ash sources.
IR Power will purchase your spent/scrap optics and Germanium containing slurries/swarf. Disassembly and de-militarization (D-Mil) of DOD and prime contractor assemblies and subassemblies is part of our expertise.
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Germanium prices have gone up 10x in the last 5 years. Yet, even at the higher price, material is not available. Other than the Clarksville Smelter in Tennessee, there are no US based primary sources for Germanium; and the Clarksville facility is currently shut down.
Learn more →IR Power Systems is developing primary sources for Germanium separate from its lens recycling/reclamation business. The company is currently focusing on several zinc mining properties that have shown high germanium content.
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The rare earth materials, as well as germanium, are on the government's Critical Minerals list. IR Power has a new project for Niobium (and possibly other rare earth materials) at a site in North America.
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