Resources & Agriculture

Q sidesteps key issues

B.C.’s just-released budget has triggered mixed reviews in the mining sector.

A major U.K. food-processing company has its eye on the technology that Vancouver-headquartered Alterrus Systems Inc. (CNSX:ASI)(OTCQB:ASIUF) has developed as part of its VertiCrop urban crop-growing system.

Coal has been getting a bad rap in B.C. lately, but exports of B.C. coal – used mostly for making steel – generates $3.2 billion in gross domestic product for B.C. and employs 26,000 people, according to a new study commissioned by Coal Association of Canada.

A new report by U.S. regulators has attacked the safety practices of Chevron (NYSE:CVX), which owns the Burnaby Refinery through its Canadian subsidiary, Chevron Canada Ltd.

Vancouver-based Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. (TSX-V:BKM) is preparing to take the province to court over the government’s refusal to issue an environmental assessment certificate for the company’s Morrison project.

Shortly after announcing the death of a worker at a South African mine site, Vancouver-based Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (TSX:PTM) has announced that it has been required to stop operations at the site.

Premier Christy Clark announced in Tuesday's throne speech plans to tap the liquefied natural gas industry to create a B.C. version of Alberta's Heritage Fund.

Vancouver-based Finning International Inc. (TSX:FTT) this morning announced record annual results, despite a small slide in fourth-quarter revenues.

Opposition questions business case for controversial $8 billion hydro project