Resources & Agriculture

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.

The BC Securities Commission (BCSC) has cease traded Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. for its failure to file a completed technical report supporting the company’s disclosure of a massive gold resource at its Cow Mountain deposit.

Petro-land sales drop as energy companies cut costs

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