Resources & Agriculture

Teck Resources has purchased a large parcel of land in the East Kootenays, which the company intends to use for conservation purposes.

The British Columbia government’s monthly natural gas and petroleum sale brought in $4.6 million in October, bringing the total revenue from the sales this year to more than $162 million.

Shaky commodity prices, over-leveraged senior companies and a risk-averse investment climate has made for a well-documented difficult year in the mining industry.

While he expects Chinese investors to cover the majority of costs for the proposed construction of a multibillion-dollar heavy-oil refinery to be located 25 kilometres north of Kitimat, B.C., media mogul David Black says he will nonetheless be seeking a loan guarantee from Ottawa on a portion of the project.

Canadians place high priority on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, forum survey shows

Transporting oil by pipeline poses fewer safety risks and is less likely to lead to spill incidents than by road or rail, according to a Fraser Institute study released October 15.

A bi-provincial resource committee aimed at establishing a mutually acceptable economic and environmental arrangement for new pipeline construction from Alberta to British Columbia has released its terms of reference.

Capstone Mining Corp. (TSX:CS), one of British Columbia's fastest-growing companies in 2013, has completed its acquisition of the Pinto Valley copper mine from BHP Copper Inc., Capstone announced October 11.

Powerex, the electricity-trading wing of BC Hydro, and Seattle City Light, a Seattle-based public utility, filed a $2 million settlement agreement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) October 10.

Vancouver-based Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX:SBB) released a preliminary feasibility study for its large-scale Back River gold project in western Nunavut October 9.