Red Dog Operations

Vancouver — An improved operating performance at the Trail smelter in British Columbia, combined with an 18% jump in the price of bullion, propelled the world’s largest zinc producer to a profit in t…

Vancouver — Low zinc and copper prices, combined with lower production at the company’s refineries, took their toll on Teck Cominco (TEK-T) in the third quarter. However, the diversified miner manage…

Nanisivik, Nunavut — The final zinc and lead concentrate shipments from the High Arctic departed for Europe’s smelters in September, signaling the end of an era for Canadian mining.For more than two …

Vancouver — Artificially high power prices brought on by an energy shortage in the U.S. battered the bottom line of Teck Cominco (TEK-T) in the second quarter.The world’s largest zinc miner earned $8…

Vancouver — Poor base metal prices coupled with lower profits from power sales at Trail, B.C., substantially cut into Teck Cominco’s (TEK-T) net earnings during the first quarter.The major raked in a…

The issue of central bank selling resurfaced during the Feb. 13-19 report period, after Germany revealed its intention to unload some of its reserves.On Feb. 19, Bundesbank President Ernst Welteke tol…

Vancouver — Partly as a result of the merger that gave rise to Teck Cominco (TEK-T), the new entity has posted an after-tax net loss for the year of $21 million (or 17 per share) after asset writedo…

Vancouver — After 91 years of production and adding $19 billion to the economy of British Columbia, the Sullivan zinc-lead-silver mine near Kimberley has closed shop.The flagship operation of Cominco…

Vancouver — With Red Dog in northwestern Alaska already the highest-grade zinc mine in the world, Teck Cominco (TEK-T) is hopeful recent drill results will enable it to outline a zinc district potent…

A sharp drop in the price of power, combined with downward-spiraling metal prices, had a negative impact on Teck’s (TEK-T) second-quarter results.The company, which, as a result of its recent merger w…