Resources & Agriculture

The plight of the junior miner has become an all-too-familiar scenario for the explorers, analysts and investors involved in the mining sector. Investment is down. Projects are on hold. Some junior firms have been forced to close, unable to weather the downturn.

New edition and Chinese translation of Peter Pearse’s ground-breaking textbook to tap into huge potential market in Asia’s rapidly developing forest industry

Bennett directs Crown corporation to add more IPPs to increase green energy options

British Columbia lumber production remained steady in August, according to a November 1 report released by Central 1 Credit Union.

Vancouver-based Taseko Mines (TSX:TKO) has long contended that its controversial New Prosperity project, a copper-gold deposit located 125 kilometres southwest of Williams Lake, is Canada’s largest untouched ore body.

Avanti Mining Inc. (TSX-V:AVT) has secured a $40 million loan to finance the preconstruction needed to restart an idled molybdenum mine in Kitsault, B.C.

Vancouver mining giant Teck Resources (TSX:TCK) took the first step in building a "significant energy business unit" October 30 when the company announced it will proceed with the construction of the $13.5 billion Fort Hills oil sands project.

There has been a change of plans for Burnaby residents who were hoping to attend an information session on the National Energy Board’s (NEB) hearing process.

Alberta-based Triton LNG Limited Partnership's proposed Kitimat LNG plant is expected to include a floating liquefaction storage and offloading (FLSO) vessel, with two liquefaction trains, according to the Daily Oil Bulletin.

Copper Mountain Mining's (TSX:CUM) net profit grew steadily in 2013's third quarter compared with the same period last year, the company announced October 30.