2024年3月21日 · Seven months after Beijing put trade restrictions on gallium, a Utah company found a major deposit of the metal. China controls 98% of the world’s production of gallium, a soft, silvery metal used to make semiconductors, LED screens, and solar panels — and a key ingredient in next-generation weapons.

2021年2月23日 · This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release provides the descriptions of the only U.S. sites—including mineral regions, mineral occurrences, and mine features—that have reported production and (or) resources of gallium (Ga).

2023年8月15日 · Gallium compounds provide for a range of novel technologies from LED lighting, to solar cells, to high efficiency semi-conductors for a range of consumer and defense applications. The use of...

Browse gallium mining mines in The United States by region—including Arizona, Arkansas, California.

2021年3月11日 · In the latest database update based on the Critical Minerals List, the USGS has added Gallium to USMIN. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has updated its USMIN Mineral Deposit Database (USMIN) for the mineral commodity gallium, one of 35 mineral commodities declared critical by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 2018.

According to USGS reports, the ore mined at Apex averaged 332 ppm gallium. “Not only is our gallium high grade, but we are also confident that we will be able to create a separation process that will be environmentally respectful,” the US Critical Materials president added.

2013年7月14日 · Only one primary gallium mine has ever operated: the Apex mine in Utah. Apex, owned by Teck, is considered to be a rare Kipushi-type carbonate-hosted lead-zinc deposit. These deposits are known to be unusually rich in Ga, mostly in the form of gallite, and the even rarer element germanium (Ge).

2024年7月6日 · This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release provides the descriptions of the only U.S. sites—including mineral regions, mineral occurrences, and mine features—that have reported production and (or) resources of gallium (Ga).

About 79% of gallium consumed in the United States is in the form of gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium nitride (GaN), and gallium phosphide (GaP) wafers. Gallium consumed in the epitaxial layering process to fabricate epiwafers accounted for most of the remainder.

Browse 52 gallium mining USGS records Worldwide. Most records highlight gallium mining opportunities and activity in North America, Asia, and Europe.