Amendment to Fastmarkets’ germanium metal specifications

The changes will be to Fastmarkets’ price assessments for germanium 99.99% Ge, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per kg, and germanium 99.999% Ge min, in-whs China, yuan per kg.

Fastmarkets’ price assessment for germanium 99.99% Ge, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per kg, will be renamed “germanium 99.999% Ge, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per kg.”

The quality will be amended to “Ingot, Ge 99.999%, no other elements specified.” It was formerly “Ingot, Ga 99.999%, no other elements specified.”

The specified quality for Fastmarkets’ price assessment for germanium 99.999% Ge min, in-whs China, yuan per kg, will be amended to “Ge 99.999% min” from “Ge 99.99% min.”

This will standardize the specified metal purity of the two assessments in line with Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA) guidance, at Ge 99.999%, and in line with our methodology, to remedy inconsistencies between the purities identified in the price name and the specified quality of the material.

Fastmarkets’ specifications for the two assessments will now read as follows:

MB-GER-0003 Germanium 99.999% Ge, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per kg
Quantity: Min 100kg (+/- 2%)
Quality: Ingot. Ge 99.999%, no other elements specified
Location: in-whs Rotterdam
Timing: Prompt release
Unit: USD per kg
Payment: Cash, other payment terms normalized
Publication: Twice-weekly. Wednesday and Friday, between 2pm and 3pm London time
Notes: Packed in plastic sleeves, original producer cases.

MB-GER-0004 Germanium 99.999% Ge min, in-whs China, yuan per kg
Quality: Ingots with no specific dimension or weight. Ge 99.999% min, 50ohm/cm; no other elements specified
Quantity: Min 50kg
Location: in-whs China
Unit: CNY per kg
Payment terms: Cash, other payment terms normalized
Publication: Weekly. Wednesday, by 3pm London time.

To provide feedback on these prices, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact Solomon Cefai and Sayaka Kurata by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading: “FAO: Solomon Cefai and Sayaka Kurata re: germanium metal.”

To see all Fastmarkets’ pricing methodology and specification documents, go to: https://www.fastmarkets.com/about-us/methodology.