Resources & Agriculture

Faulty equipment, reduced operating time, among company's challenges over past year

Growing interest in pipeline alternative, but railways, associations downplay its potential

Developing the Horn River Basin to facilitate liquid natural gas exports will mean “substantial” benefits for B.C., according to a Canadian Energy Research Institute study published yesterday.

Burnaby fuel cell maker Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD) has landed an order for 102 of its fuel cell power generation systems to be used for backup power by Indonesian telecoms.

Newspaper baron David Black aims to be the catalyst for a $13 billion oil refinery in Kitimat by spending "a few million" dollars of his own money on a provincial environmental assessment.

Richmond-based Catalyst Paper (TSX:CTL) has announced an agreement to sell its Elk Falls site in Campbell River to Pacifica Deep Sea Terminals Inc. for $8.6 million.

Dust from green wood can be just as explosive as sawdust from beetle kill timber, says WorkSafeBC. WorksSafeBC is still investigating the cause of explosions and fires at two B.C. sawmills earlier this year that killed three people.

The hard-hit Burns Lake forestry region is getting some help from the provincial government in the form of an investment in reforestation and timber supply mitigation. The government will invest $3.

B.C. should harvest “marginally economic forest types” as part of its strategy to boost the province’s pine beetle-ravaged timber supply, according to a new government report.

Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (TSX: TCM) is shutting down the mining portion of the company’s molybdenum Endako mine and cutting back staff for “a short period of time” as it grapples with low molybdenum prices.