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Investors pile back into gold stocks, Goldcorp up $2b in a week

Investors pile back into gold stocks, Goldcorp up $2b in a week

The gold price jumped more than $20 or 1.8% an ounce on Tuesday to a three-week high above $1,340 after disappointing U.S. economic data.
B.C and Ontario ink labour agreement for geoscience professionals

B.C and Ontario ink labour agreement for geoscience professionals

Provincial associations governing geoscience professionals in British Columbia and Ontario respectively have signed a labour agreement allowing its members to perform short-term work in the other province without a licence.
‘Extreme growth’ in international wind turbine demand driving Surrey company’s expansion

‘Extreme growth’ in international wind turbine demand driving Surrey company’s expansion

Endurance Wind Power plans to increase its production plant staff to more than 100 employees over the next 12 months
Ex-Liberal MLA Bell swaps politics for fruit wine

Ex-Liberal MLA Bell swaps politics for fruit wine

Former B.C. cabinet minister now a principal in B.C.’s northernmost winery
Methanex to sell 10% share of Egyptian plant to Arabian development bank

Methanex to sell 10% share of Egyptian plant to Arabian development bank

Methanol producer Methanex Corp. (TSX:MX) will sell a 10% share in its Egyptian methanol plant to Arab Petroleum Investments Corp. (APICORP) for $110 million.
EU trade agreement could benefit B.C. forestry – eventually

EU trade agreement could benefit B.C. forestry – eventually

Europe represents a tiny fraction of Canada’s wood exports, but that doesn’t mean the recently announced free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union won’t benefit the sector, especially in the long run.
B.C. pushes Columbia River Treaty recommendations

B.C. pushes Columbia River Treaty recommendations

Eco-system improvements, fish restoration among Victoria’s priorities for new deal with U.S.
B.C. signs wood agreement with China's Zhejiang province

B.C. signs wood agreement with China's Zhejiang province

The British Columbia government has signed an agreement with Zhejiang province in China to promote the use of wood frame construction.
Increase in gold and copper production at New Gold’s New Afton mine

Increase in gold and copper production at New Gold’s New Afton mine

Production of both gold and copper at New Gold’s (TSX:NGD) New Afton mine in Kamloops, B.C. increased in the third quarter of 2013, the company has announced.
Customers of Oyu Tolgoi mine begin collecting concentrate from warehouse in China

Customers of Oyu Tolgoi mine begin collecting concentrate from warehouse in China

Concentrate produced at Turquoise Hill Resource's (TSX:TRQ) massive Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia is finally in the hands of customers in China, the company announced October 21.