Natural Resources Minister pitches joint Canada-U.S. investment in Teck's germanium operations

Open this photo in gallery: Teck Mining Company’s zinc and lead smelting and refining complex in Trail, B.C. produces germanium as a byproduct of zinc mining in Alaska. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is pitching a joint investment with the U.S. in Teck to boost production of germanium, after China said last month it would stop exports of the mineral to the United States.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is pitching a joint investment with the United States to bolster Teck Resources Ltd.'s TECK-B-T production of the critical mineral germanium. Vancouver-based Teck produces germanium at its Trail…