Teck Resources Limited
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Liberty Gold triples TV Tower resource in Turkey
Liberty Gold (TSX: LGD) has released a new resource estimate for its majority-owned TV Tower project in Turkey, tripling the existing resource on a gold-equivalent basis compared with a previous estimate from 2014. The estimate brings five new deposits at…
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Kodiak preps 30,000-metre drill program at MPD copper-gold project in BC
As it prepares to kick off a 30,000-metre drill program at its MPD copper-gold porphyry project in British Columbia, Kodiak Copper (TSXV: KDK) has received assays from the final five holes of last year’s nine-hole program at the project’s Gate…
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Nokia launches first 5G-ready network with Teck, Shaw Business at Elkview in BC
Nokia has announced a partnership with Shaw Business to deploy Western Canada’s first dedicated 5G-ready private LTE mining network for Teck Resources at the company’s Elkview coal operations in B.C. The industrial-grade network is expected to deliver greater coverage, mobility,…
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Teck copper mine in Chile switches to renewable energy
Teck Resources has signed a long-term agreement that will provide its Carmen de Andacollo copper operation in central Chile with 100% renewable power, eliminating 200,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – the equivalent of taking 40,000 cars off the…
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GOLD: Kinross study pegs Lobo-Marte capex at US$1B
TORONTO – Kinross Gold‘s Lobo-Marte gold project in northern Chile could produce a total of 4.5 million oz. gold over a 15-year mine life at an estimated cost of US$995 million, according to a prefeasibility study (PFS) released today. The…
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COVID-19: Coronavirus impacts spread across mining sector
As the world seemingly moves into lockdown to halt the transmission of the novel COVID-19 virus, the uncertainty and restrictions on movement are taking a toll on markets and commodities. After initially benefiting from uncertainty around the virus and peaking…
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Teck pledges carbon neutrality by 2050
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources has announced that it aims to be carbon neutral across all its operations by 2050. The miner, a major producer of base metals and metallurgical coal that also has oilsands assets, says its goal demonstrates its commitment…
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COAL: Teck rolls out electric buses at Fording River, Greenhills
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based Teck Resources is rolling out a pair of electric buses to transport workers to and from the Fording River and Greenhills coal mines in the Elk Valley. The new vehicles are a much greener solution to…
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MINING PEOPLE: Japan Gold, Stelmine, and Teck
Japan Gold Corp. of Vancouver has named Takashi Kuriyama its new general manager of exploration. He was most recently manager of global exploration at Sumitomo. He also served as a director of Teck Resources from 2006 to 2016. Quebec City-based…
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SUSTAINABILITY: Teck releases climate action report
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources has released its second “Climate Action and Portfolio Resilience” report. It outlines how the company will go forward producing products that are essential in a low carbon future while tackling climate change. The report analyzes potential…
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ZINC: Equipment failure at Trail zinc refinery to cut Teck output by 20,000 tonnes
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Teck Resources of Vancouver issued a terse news release regarding the failure of some electrical equipment at its zinc refinery in Trail. On Aug. 25, 2019, one of the four rectifiers failed. There were no injuries or…
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OILSANDS: Teck’s Frontier project gets grudging okay from joint panel
ALBERTA – Late last week the joint federal-provincial panel reviewing Teck Resources’ Frontier oilsands project sent its report to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna. The report urges regulators to approve the $20.6-billion project 110 km north of…
