Resources & Agriculture

Gas plant promised at 2011 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Conference still not built

Environmental effects and revenue sharing must be discussed, says council

Longtime MLA Coleman claims LNG investment will free B.C. of debt

Farmers spread higher minimum wage and input costs over larger volume to compete with California berry imports

Five forestry companies operating in the Merritt area and another five in the Arrow Timber Supply area in the West Kootenays have had their annual allowable cuts (AAC) increased.

Avanti Mining Inc. (TSX-V:AVT) has struck an agreement with ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products GMBH, a German industrial trading company, which has agreed to buy half of the molybdenum produced at Avanti’s shuttered Kitsault mine.

Taseko Mines’ controversial New Prosperity gold and copper mine is moving to the public hearing phase of the environmental review process, the company announced today.

A new award event will celebrate local B.C. farmers and food producers this summer.

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM) and its Canadian subsidiary Imperial Oil Resources Ltd. (TSX:IMO) applied to the National Energy Board today for approval to export 30 million tonnes of LNG from the west coast of B.C.

Vancouver-based New Gold Inc. (TSX:NGD) plans to add an estimated four million ounces of gold reserves in Ontario through a friendly takeover of Rainy River Resources Ltd. (TSX:RR).