Resources & Agriculture

More than $2.5 billion in projects ranging from a gravel mine to an LNG plant planned

Canada Capital Energy Corporation (CCEC), whose corporate office is in Vancouver, closed a private equity investment with China’s Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group in December, CCEC announced January 6.

Vancouver-based Western Copper and Gold Corp. (TSX:WRN) announced January 6 it had submitted the final proposal for its Casino project to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board.

Brewing disputes with First Nations, claims of mercury pollution and increasing challenges for delivering oil to distant markets are only some of the challenges Canada's oil sands will face this year, a report released Thursdayshows.

Vancouver-based Platinum Group Metals (TSX:PTM) announced December 31 it had closed a substantial public offering of $175.2 million.

Kitsault Energy Ltd. has applied to the National Energy Board for a licence authorizing the export of up to 20 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG, which corresponds approximately to 960 billion cubic feet (bcf) per year for a term of 25 years.

The LNG sector will have at least one final investment decision by a private company in 2014, predicts the Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC).

GoGold Resources Inc. (TSX:GGD) announced December 30 that it will make an offer to buy all of the outstanding common shares of Vancouver-based junior mining company Animas Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:ANI) for $0.15 per share.

While Enbridge Inc. is happy the National Energy Board's Joint Review Panel has recommended the federal cabinet approve its Northern Gateway project subject to 209 conditions, it's not yet ready to celebrate.

HD Mining, the Vancouver-based company that sparked controversy last year with a scheme to hire up to 2,000 Chinese miners for its proposed $300 million northern B.C. coal mine, is facing yet another union legal challenge over its use of temporary foreign workers.