Resources & Agriculture

Market realities to eliminate weak links and benefit viable exploration companies

Genomics technology could help detoxify mine effluent and tailing ponds

Business leader warns that more local mills will disappear unless timber sales focus on the domestic marketplace and local companies have open access to B.C. logs

But questions over the integrity of testing and regulation governing Canada's organic food sector are sparking growing concern

While exploration success among the world's top mining destinations varied last year as a result of market uncertainty, the countries with the top 10 exploration budgets attracted a total of US$7.8 billion, shows SNL Metals & Mining's annual Corporate Exploration Strategies study.

Oilsands greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are projected to quadruple between 2005 and 2030, resulting in an 11% growth in Canadian emissions, says a federal government report.

Osisko Mining (TSX:OSK) has rejected a $2.6 billion hostile takeover bid launched by Vancouver gold miner Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G), Osisko announced January 20.

After meeting with federal bureaucrats this week to discuss energy development in the region, Carrier Sekani Tribal Chief Terry Teegee said the next step is to sit down with their political masters.

B.C. kicked off its land sale schedule for 2014 this week with its January auction, which attracted a modest $7.36 million in revenue.

An environmental group is calling on the provincial government to take action as B.C.'s forests continue to emit more carbon dioxide than they absorb.