Resources & Agriculture

A Surrey company will be delivering sockeye salmon raised in closed containment pens to Vancouver supermarkets next week.

B.C. geoscientist says shale gas plays exhaust more quickly than industry claims

Companies hunting for wood are finding it in the north and southeast of the province

The federal budget released yesterday includes some positives for the mining industry, according to the Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC).

Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) has finally taken over Toronto’s Inmet Mining Corp. (TSX:IMN) after months of negotiations, having acquired the necessary 85.5% of outstanding shares, First Quantum announced this morning.

Vancouver-based Rusoro Mining Ltd. (TSX-V:RML) has filed a US$3.03 billion claim against Venezuela at the World Bank’s International Centre of Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the company announced March 21.

Building a refinery on B.C.’s coast would be economically advantageous and should be considered seriously, according to a new Navigant Consulting report prepared for the Government of British Columbia.

Lakeland Mills sawmill in Prince George will be rebuilt, the owner of the mill announced today.

The B.C. government granted Avanti Kitsault Mine Ltd. conditional environmental approval on March 19 for its desired open-pit molybdenum mine project, located at the head of Alice Arm, approximately 140 kilometres north of Prince Rupert.

Alamos Gold Inc. (TSX:AGI) has dropped its hostile takeover offer for Vancouver’s Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX:ARZ), Alamos announced March 20.