Resources & Agriculture

Support for the controversial Northern Gateway project has fallen in British Columbia.

Amerigo Resources expands in Chile, turning copper mine waste into valuable concentrate

Avanti Mining (TSX-V:AVT) has received environmental approval from the federal government for its Kitsault molybdenum mining project, the miner announced June 28.

Embattled Veris Gold (TSX:VG), which was granted creditor protection from the B.C. Supreme Court in early June, is undergoing further housecleaning with the departures of a board member and a high-level executive.

First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) has shut down a mining project in Panama amidst a labour dispute with construction workers in the Central American country.

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.