Resources & Agriculture

The more alert and responsive a company is to developments in its market and the concerns of its shareholders, the better positioned it will be to deal with any activist investors

Arctos project will take advantage of need for high-quality coal

After another failed bid to carry out a hostile takeover of Inmet Mining Corp. (TSX:IMN), Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM) has “varied and extended” its offer to acquire shareholder shares.

While 2012 saw the return of mega-deal activity in Canada, B.C.'s mining sector didn't participate in the renewed merger and acquisition rush as much as was hoped.

Canada's forestry sector CEOs say the coming year will be "bumpy," but expect business to improve in the next three years thereafter, according to a new PwC report.

Public mining companies have become even more vulnerable due to recent amendments to provincial securities acts, which have simplified the process for filing class-action lawsuits

Small mining ventures need to adapt to a changing economic climate to thrive

The mining industry in B.C. continues to be an integral part of the province's economy, which according to the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas, generated more than $8.6 billion in revenue in 2012. Home to coal, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, zinc and industrial mineral mines, B.C. operations provide vital opportunities for employment. Since 1990, CostMine has been surveying operating Canadian mines for the latest in mining wages and benefits.

Canadian producers need to move quickly to take advantage of wood building boom

Province's wood producers find innovation pays dividends in quality-conscious country