Resources & Agriculture

B.C. a major producer of copper and metallurgical coal, essential for solar, wind power

B.C.'s forest sector has the potential to make a massive contribution to meeting provincial greenhouse gas targets if even relatively small changes are made in the way timber is managed, harvested and processed.

Canadian producers now face an averaged total of 27% in tariffs to export their wood products to the U.S.

C.D. Howe researcher recommends system of auctions, increased competition, to address U.S. allegations of unfair subsidization

Vancouver’s Goldcorp (TSX:G), B.C.’s second largest mining company and the world's number four bullion miner in terms of output, is moving forward with its Century project, which aims to extend the life its century-old Dome mine in Ontario.

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the appeals by Treaty 8 First Nations to delay the Site C dam. The West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations had been seeking judicial reviews of how the federal and provincial governments approved the $8.

B.C.’s biggest mining company Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) is buying Goldcorp’s (TSX:G) 21% minority interest in the San Nicolás copper-zinc project located in Zacatecas, Mexico, for $50 million.

As expected, policy uncertainty related to the softwood lumber dispute weighed on first-quarter forestry activity. Aligning with a shallow export trend, B.C. sawmill production in March was up slightly from same-month 2016 at 2.

Three years of legal wrangling lands Tahoe Resources lawsuit back in BC Supreme Court

Lumber producers cushioned somewhat by all-time high global softwood lumber prices