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Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is pitching a joint investment with the United States to bolster Teck Resources Ltd.’s production of the critical mineral germanium.
Vancouver-based Teck produces germanium at its Trail smelter in British Columbia’s Kootenay region as a byproduct of zinc mining in Alaska. Germanium is used in fibre-optic networks, infrared vision systems and solar panels.
“There is an opportunity to jointly invest in a project that will enable greater germanium supply – which can displace germanium the U.S. has been purchasing from China,” Mr. Wilkinson said in a prepared speech Wednesday in Washington at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He said collaboration is important because it will benefit both Canada and the U.S.
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