Resources & Agriculture

VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd. is evaluating alternatives for its steelmaking coal business, including the possible spin-out of an interest in that business to its shareholders.

Japanese, Korean officials make the case for demand for Canadian energy

With wool selling for only 10 to 70 cents a pound, sheep farmers say it makes more financial sense to burn or compost it rather than pay to clean, bag and transport it to the Lower Mainland, then Alberta or Ontario for processing

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it saw losses of US$94 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, down more than 128 per cent from earnings of US$334 million during the same quarter a year earlier. The company, which reports in U.S.

Canadian LNG Alliance loses two key members to First Nations LNG group

B2Gold Corp. has signed a deal to buy Sabina Gold and Silver Corp. in an all-stock deal valued at $1.1 billion. Sabina owns the Back River gold district in Nunavut including five mineral claims across an 80-kilometre belt.

The British Columbia government has fined Teck Coal Limited more than $16 million for exceeding pollution thresholds as well as failing to build an active water treatment facility on time at one of its operations in southeastern B.C.

Canopy Growth Corp. will lay off 800 workers as part of a transformation plan that will see the company close its hallmark 1 Hershey facility and consolidate some of its cultivation operations. The Smiths Falls, Ont.

Skeena Sawmills, a major employer in Terrace, has announced it is closing indefinitely as of today, throwing more than 150 people out of work, but hopes to reopen at some point.

Experts doubt U.S. industry’s ability to meet 100% of domestic demand