Resources & Agriculture

Former B.C. cabinet minister now a principal in B.C.’s northernmost winery

Methanol producer Methanex Corp. (TSX:MX) will sell a 10% share in its Egyptian methanol plant to Arab Petroleum Investments Corp. (APICORP) for $110 million.

Europe represents a tiny fraction of Canada’s wood exports, but that doesn’t mean the recently announced free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union won’t benefit the sector, especially in the long run.

Eco-system improvements, fish restoration among Victoria’s priorities for new deal with U.S.

The British Columbia government has signed an agreement with Zhejiang province in China to promote the use of wood frame construction.

Production of both gold and copper at New Gold’s (TSX:NGD) New Afton mine in Kamloops, B.C. increased in the third quarter of 2013, the company has announced.

Concentrate produced at Turquoise Hill Resource's (TSX:TRQ) massive Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia is finally in the hands of customers in China, the company announced October 21.

Teck Resources has purchased a large parcel of land in the East Kootenays, which the company intends to use for conservation purposes.

The British Columbia government’s monthly natural gas and petroleum sale brought in $4.6 million in October, bringing the total revenue from the sales this year to more than $162 million.

Shaky commodity prices, over-leveraged senior companies and a risk-averse investment climate has made for a well-documented difficult year in the mining industry.