Resources & Agriculture

Citing weak commodity prices and a difficult market for luring investment capital, Vancouver’s Mercator Minerals (TSX:ML) has hired BMO Capital Markets to advise the company on options for its future, including a potential sale.

Energy giant Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMP) has released conceptual designs for two Burnaby facilities set for expansion if the company’s plan to twin its Trans Mountain pipeline is approved.

Thompson Creek Metals’ Mount Milligan mine has begun producing copper-gold concentrate, the company announced September 24.

Perrin Beatty says LNG competitors have advantage because infrastructure is already built

Timmins Gold's San Francisco mine has doubled gold production since 2010

Leaders of the BC Assembly of First Nations, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and the First Nations Summit met with Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Gail Shea September 24 and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Canadian government.

Despite news today predicting that B.C. natural gas prices will remain well below their former highs in the short term, a new economic outlook is forecasting that demand will quadruple by 2020, reports the Daily Oil Bulletin (subscription required).

First Nations groups introduce traditional food to high-end restaurants, experiment with marketing essential oils from evergreen needles By Jen St. Denis

The provincial government approved $115.8 million in royalty credits September 23, which are geared toward the construction of 12 new infrastructure projects in northern British Columbia.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark will have her work cut out for her this fall when she works on the details of an election promise to introduce a tax on proposed new LNG projects, according to a Calgary lawyer.