Resources & Agriculture

Inquiry commissioner takes DFO, Ottawa to task for botching salmon policy implementation

Vancouver exploration company stands by its massive Cow Mountain gold estimate

Vancouver-based Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX:LUC) this morning announced that the company has recovered a 9.46-carat rare type II blue diamond from its Karowe mine in Botswana.

B.C.'s environment minister denies allegations of disconnect between environmental assessment and rejection of company's proposed Morrison copper-gold project near Smithers

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (TSX: ANS) Friday announced plans to raise $176 million through a common share offering as part of a previously announced refinancing plan.

A tough market for debt and equity financing is pushing B.C.’s junior miners to reduce spending or look for new ways to finance growth, according to a PwC report released this morning.

The B.C. government has appointed a new chairman for BC Hydro and is pushing back the due date for Hydro’s 20-year integrated resource plan by eight months to allow the utility to adjust for the power needs of the liquefied natural gas industry.

Two major B.C. unions have applied to have the Federal Court overturn a decision to give work permits enabling more than 200 foreign workers to work at HD Mining Ltd.’s planned Murray River underground coal mine near Tumbler Ridge.

Another sawmill has gone up in flames – but this time no one was injured, as the mill had been idle for some time.

Vancouver-based Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (TSX:PTQ) and Toronto's Inmet Mining Corp. (TSX:IMN) have recently hit the headlines over the attempted hostile takeover of Petaquilla by Inmet - a transaction that was valued in about $140 million.