Teck agrees to help boost zinc fertiliser use in China

Canada’s biggest diversified miner, Teck Resources, has inked a deal with a branch of China’s Agricultural Ministry to promote using zinc as a fertiliser in the country. According to industry body the International Zinc Association, almost...

Company Announcement: NovaGold Year-End Financial Results

The fourth quarter represented, on multiple levels, a true turning point for our company. On November 16, 2011, NovaGold announced major changes to its leadership and corporate structure. I, Greg Lang, accepted the position of President and Chief...

Teck will go ahead with new Red Dog deposit

Vancouver-based Teck Resources will move ahead with development of the Aqqaluk deposit at its Red Dog mine in Alaska, despite appeals against the water discharge permit for the mine, the company said on Thursday. After discussions with the US...

Galore Creek review will likely take more than a year – Teck Cominco chief

Vancouver-based diversified miner Teck Cominco expects a review of its jointly-owned Galore Creek project, in British Columbia, to take at least a year, and “probably more”, president and CEO Don Lindsay said on Tuesday. Teck and...

Red Dog mine, Arctic Borough

Name: Red Dog mine. Location: The mine is located in the DeLong Mountains of Alaska’s Brooks Range in the north-west Arctic Borough, near Kotzebue. Brief history: Red Dog was discovered in 1953 and in 1982 Cominco American signed an...