Resources & Agriculture

In addition to reduced profits in 2013 — when profits dropped to $1 billion compared with $1.8 billion the year prior — Vancouver’s Teck Resources (TSX:TCK) also managed to reduce its environmental impact last year.

Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project leader Janet Holder is still confident the controversial project can begin construction in 2015 as initially planned.

The B.C. government must tread carefully on its “tax talk” as it attempts to develop an LNG industry in the province, according to an industry observer.

Claims of product purity have marketing clout – as long as they can stand up to scrutiny

An export quota policy that would allow log producers to export a fixed number of logs, as opposed to either an outright ban or an open policy of unlimited free trade, would be the best policy for British Columbia log exports, argues a Fraser Institute study released June 24.

Building two projects at the same time could drive labour costs into the stratosphere for Enbridge and Kinder Morgan, analysts say

After four months of fruitless attempts to acquire fellow Canadian Augusta Resource Corp. (TSX:AZC), Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE:HBM) said June 23 the companies have agreed to friendly terms for a sweetened all-scrip takeover offer.

Stocks in Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ) were dropping during morning trading hours June 23 and continued to slide through June 24 following the announcement the Mongolian government was investigating the Vancouver mining company for unpaid taxes associated with its Oyu Tolgoi project.

Canada’s largest dairy processor, Saputo (TSE:SAP), is once again accepting milk from the Chilliwack dairy farm where workers were recorded on camera abusing cattle.

In Canada’s four-way bitumen pipeline race, Trans Mountain will finish first, Northern Gateway will finish last and either Keystone XL or Energy East won’t get built.