Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

Resources & Agriculture

Rio Tinto selling Kitimat wharf and land to LNG Canada

Rio Tinto selling Kitimat wharf and land to LNG Canada

One of the world’s largest mining companies is in talks with LNG Canada to sell or lease a wharf and its attached land at its port facility in Kitimat, B.C.
Pressing Canada’s global gas pedal

Pressing Canada’s global gas pedal

B.C. and other western producers face stiff competition to secure Asian customers
NASA begins accepting applications from private firms to mine the Moon

NASA begins accepting applications from private firms to mine the Moon

In what can be considered giant leap towards mining minerals from the moon, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has began accepting applications from potential business partners interested in mining the moon.
Vancouver-based mining company gets Chinese government approval for new plant

Vancouver-based mining company gets Chinese government approval for new plant

A Vancouver-based mining company is one step closer to setting up a new plant in China following Beijing's approval for plans to build another facility.
UBC harnessing robot technology to up wood ante

UBC harnessing robot technology to up wood ante

Hundegger drive could establish B.C. wood as a leading precision building material
Shares at Vancouver-based mining firm soar amid takeover bid

Shares at Vancouver-based mining firm soar amid takeover bid

Shares for a Vancouver-based mining company have taken a considerable jump the past two days after a larger Canadian firm announced plans over the weekend to buy the exploration company in a deal worth $540 million.
Enbridge VP pitches pipeline to Surrey businesses

Enbridge VP pitches pipeline to Surrey businesses

Northern Gateway touted as major revenue and job generator over the next 30 years
$180m deal makes Interfor North America's fifth largest lumber company

$180m deal makes Interfor North America's fifth largest lumber company

Vancouver-based Interfor (TSX:IFP.A) made the jump to North America's fifth largest lumber company this week in announcing a cash-and-shares agreement to purchase two sawmills and a remanufacturing plant in the U.S. South.
Province and City of Vancouver seek intervener status in Kinder Morgan pipeline review

Province and City of Vancouver seek intervener status in Kinder Morgan pipeline review

The Province of British Columbia and the City of Vancouver have added their names to a growing list of interveners in the National Energy Board's (NEB) review of Kinder Morgan's proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
Kinder Morgan now interested in alternative Burnaby pipeline route

Kinder Morgan now interested in alternative Burnaby pipeline route

With nine days left to apply as an intervenor in Kinder Morgan’s pipeline hearing, the company has quietly shifted its preference to the secondary Burnaby routing option announced last summer.