In 2026, global competition for critical minerals has entered a white-hot stage, geopolitical maneuvering continues to deepen, and global industry chains and supply chains are being restructured at an accelerated pace. A new round of technological revolution centered on AI semiconductors, new energy, high-end manufacturing, and aerospace is propelling the minor metal industry into a period of historic development opportunities and profound transformation. Globally, the EU's Critical Raw Materials Act and the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) continue to be implemented, the Minerals Security Partnership keeps expanding, and the trend toward localization and regionalization of critical mineral supply chains intensifies. The competition over resources, technical barriers, and trade rule restructuring for strategic minor metals such as antimony, indium, gallium, germanium, bismuth, selenium, tellurium, and rhenium has become the core focus of global high-end manufacturing competition. As the world's core supplier of minor metals, China holds a dominant position in the smelting and supply of many minor metal varieties.
Against this backdrop, the 2026 SMM (14th) Minor Metals Industry Conference gathers upstream and downstream enterprises across the entire industry chain for antimony, indium, gallium, germanium, bismuth, selenium, tellurium, rhenium, etc., as well as scientific research institutes, government agencies, financial and investment institutions, and trade service providers, to build a high-standard, full-chain, deep-level exchange and cooperation platform. The conference will deeply interpret global policy shifts, assess the supply-demand pattern and price trends, dissect growth opportunities in end-use applications, and connect government-enterprise resources and cross-border cooperation opportunities, helping enterprises accurately grasp industry trends, overcome development bottlenecks, optimize supply chain layouts, seize market opportunities, and jointly promote the high-quality sustainable development of China's minor metal industry.
Guangxi Yusheng Germanium High-tech Co., Ltd. will make a grand appearance at the conference. Keeping pace with the times, we will set our sights on the goals, forge ahead with determination, and press forward courageously! Click to sign up now. We look forward to meeting you at the conference.
Guangxi Yusheng Germanium High-tech Co., Ltd. is a key introduced enterprise in Hechi City specializing in the smelting and deep processing of rare and dispersed metals. It is deeply engaged in the germanium industry, with its germanium capacity consistently ranking among the top in China. It is a key enterprise in China's germanium industry, dedicated to the green development, deep processing, and technological innovation of germanium, contributing to the high-quality development of China's indium, germanium, and gallium industries.
I. Core Strengths and Honors in the Germanium Industry
The company was founded in July 2016, and achieved an output value of RMB 2.4 billion in 2025. It has been listed among the Top 100 Manufacturing Enterprises in Guangxi for two consecutive years in 2024 and 2025. In the germanium industry, the company boasts strong technical capabilities; its key germanium purification technology won the second prize of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Science and Technology Award. It has led the establishment of a major pilot platform for the efficient separation and extraction of germanium, indium, lead, and silver metals, supported by the regional Science and Technology Department, continuously driving breakthroughs in germanium industry technology. The company has been recognized as a high-tech enterprise and a specialized and sophisticated enterprise, and has passed multiple certifications such as Green Factory, practicing the green development concept of the germanium industry.
II. Germanium Resource Security and Industrial Layout
The company boasts outstanding resource security advantages, owning 10 proprietary mines and 3 beneficiation plants. It has established non-ferrous metal resource production sites in Guizhou, Guangxi, Xinjiang, and other regions, relying on its own high-quality germanium-rich zinc ore resources to provide stable raw material support for germanium production. Currently, the company has 17 subsidiaries (including holding companies) and branches in multiple core cities, moving towards collectivization and internationalization, and building a complete layout covering germanium resource development, production and processing, and market expansion.
III. Germanium Industry System and Core Capacity
The company has built an integrated germanium industry system featuring "green mining and beneficiation – circular smelting – deep processing". It has invested over RMB 1.2 billion to construct intelligent production lines, adopting globally leading processes to treat high-germanium zinc concentrates, significantly improving germanium recovery rates and achieving green production. With a core focus on the deep processing of high-purity germanium, it can produce high-purity germanium products with a purity of 7N (99.99999%), widely used in high-end fields such as infrared optics and fiber-optic communications. The Phase I high-purity germanium project with an annual capacity of 50 mt has been successfully put into production, with its capacity ranking among the top in China.
IV. Future Plans for the Germanium Industry
Looking ahead, the company will continue to deeply cultivate the germanium industry. Once all projects reach full production, it will build a high-purity germanium production line with capacity ranking among the top in China, filling the gap in Guangxi's critical metal germanium industry, further improving the domestic germanium industry chain layout, enhancing the competitiveness of China's germanium industry in the global rare metal sector, contributing to national strategic material security, and working with industry peers to promote the coordinated development of the indium, germanium, and gallium industries.
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