Resources & Agriculture

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the appeals by Treaty 8 First Nations to delay the Site C dam. The West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations had been seeking judicial reviews of how the federal and provincial governments approved the $8.

B.C.’s biggest mining company Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) is buying Goldcorp’s (TSX:G) 21% minority interest in the San Nicolás copper-zinc project located in Zacatecas, Mexico, for $50 million.

As expected, policy uncertainty related to the softwood lumber dispute weighed on first-quarter forestry activity. Aligning with a shallow export trend, B.C. sawmill production in March was up slightly from same-month 2016 at 2.

Three years of legal wrangling lands Tahoe Resources lawsuit back in BC Supreme Court

Lumber producers cushioned somewhat by all-time high global softwood lumber prices

Successful aquaculture trial promises to expand multimillion-dollar B.C. fishery

Two of the world’s largest potash companies are merging under the name Nutrien in a continued trend of consolidation within the industry.

Vancouver’s Goldcorp (TSX:G) is selling its Camino Rojo gold and silver project in Mexico to Orla Mining (TSX-V:OLA), adding to the list of operations it has been unloading in recent months to focus on highly profitable, core assets.

A group of protesters near the town of Casillas in Guatemala has blocked access to Tahoe Resources’ (TSX:THO) Escobal silver mine, the Vancouver miner’s flagship operation, delaying shipments and supplies.

The now internationally known Lift Cannabis Expo has announced it will be hosting its next event in Vancouver. The expo, which previously had been held in Toronto, will take place at the Vancouver convention centre January 12 to 14.