Resources & Agriculture

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Major miner looks to expand operations and hire 1,100 workers next year

American foundations funding environmental campaigns in Canada have targeted B.C.’s mining industry.

Chinese demand helped Harmac pulp mill issue its first dividend cheques to employees this month, but a housing correction overseas could chop earnings for mills and lumber companies next year

Mining explorers may save time and money but environmental groups are crying foul

More workers than ever are needed for new projects, but funding challenges could exacerbate an existing labour shortage

Taseko Mines has found aboriginal support for its $1.1 billion mine, but critics say that support has more to do with tribal politics than local job creation

B.C. companies developing ways to turn forests devastated by B.C.’s pine beetle infestation into a power source, but Greenpeace is campaigning against biofuel

Hardwood lumber producers say supply constraints and a lack of tenure threaten an already shrinking market

Crown corp.’s CFO Charles Reid blasts auditor general’s scathing report on Hydro’s accounting