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Vancouver-based Finning to cut 500 workers in Canada

Vancouver-based Finning to cut 500 workers in Canada

Finning International will cut 500 employees this year, representing 9% of the company's Canadian workforce, because of "soft market conditions." Finning is headquartered in Vancouver.
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First B.C. oil slump casualty: Ivanhoe Energy faces bankruptcy

First B.C. oil slump casualty: Ivanhoe Energy faces bankruptcy

Heavy-to-light oil development company hit by oil price slump
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Kinder Morgan defends secrecy over pipeline spill response plans

Kinder Morgan defends secrecy over pipeline spill response plans

If British Columbians want details on oil spill emergency response plans for the Trans Mountain pipeline, they may have to turn to...
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Stephen Harper promises LNG tax breaks at Surrey appearance

Stephen Harper promises LNG tax breaks at Surrey appearance

Companies investing in capital assets for the liquefied natural gas industry can expect tax breaks to kick in immediately.
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Tumbler Ridge adjusting to life without coal – again

Tumbler Ridge adjusting to life without coal – again

After the closure of its last coal mine, Tumbler Ridge has the hallmarks of a boomtown entering a bust
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Goldcorp takes US$2.3 billion writedown on Cerro Negro mine in Q4

Goldcorp takes US$2.3 billion writedown on Cerro Negro mine in Q4

Goldcorp Inc. has reported a US$2.4 billion net loss for 2014’s fourth quarter, attributable almost entirely to...
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Met coal producer Walter Energy posts US$470 M loss in 2014

Met coal producer Walter Energy posts US$470 M loss in 2014

Low steel making coal prices continue to hammer B.C. coal mine operators, Ridley Terminals
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Timmins Gold, Newstrike to merge

Timmins Gold, Newstrike to merge

Merger to form new intermediate Mexico-focused gold miner
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Province enacts act to regulate LNG development in federal ports

Province enacts act to regulate LNG development in federal ports

The provincial government has introduced new legislation that will regulate LNG development on...
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B.C. resource industries should be ready for a wild ride in 2015

B.C. resource industries should be ready for a wild ride in 2015

B.C. natural resource sectors would be wise to strengthen their public relations teams this year; there’ll be no shortage of questions in 2015 about the future of the province’s mines, mills and pipelines
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