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B.C. lumber producers record modest improvements in Q4 2024

B.C. lumber producers record modest improvements in Q4 2024

Lumber sales improve slightly, but tariff threat looms large
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Conuma Resources buys idled B.C. mine from Anglo American

Conuma Resources buys idled B.C. mine from Anglo American

Conuma adds Peace River Coal to its stable of B.C. steelmaking coal mine assets
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B.C. minister confident of new aluminum markets, as risk of 50% U.S. tariffs emerges

B.C. minister confident of new aluminum markets, as risk of 50% U.S. tariffs emerges

British Columbia's aluminum sector will find new markets beyond the United States, provincial Mines Minister Jagrup Brar said, after the prospect of American tariffs as high as 50 per cent on Canadian metal exports emerged. U.S.
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Trump will formally announce steel and aluminum duties Monday, including on Canada

Trump will formally announce steel and aluminum duties Monday, including on Canada

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump said he will formally announce 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports on Monday, including for Canada and Mexico.
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'Should I just laugh?': Energy experts question Freeland's pledge to push LNG

'Should I just laugh?': Energy experts question Freeland's pledge to push LNG

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland’s pitch to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to allies is drawing skeptical reactions from those who say her government neglected the sector over the past decade.
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End the moratorium on thorium: SBOT

End the moratorium on thorium: SBOT

Surrey Board of Trade renews call to end moratorium on exploration for nuclear fuels in B.C.
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AME looking for new president and CEO

AME looking for new president and CEO

Keerit Jutla moves on as CEO of Association of Mineral Exploration
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Opinion: Regulatory uncertainty overshadows B.C.’s mining opportunity

Opinion: Regulatory uncertainty overshadows B.C.’s mining opportunity

With mineral exploration investment already dropping, rushed policy changes could push the industry into crisis.
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B.C.-made critical mineral could be used as a 'reactive weapon' in trade war

B.C.-made critical mineral could be used as a 'reactive weapon' in trade war

Most Canadians oppose U.S. companies taking greater control over the country’s natural resource projects — a level of defiance found to be strongest in British Columbia, according to a new poll.
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Opinion: B.C.'s resource extraction lifeboat is full of holes

Opinion: B.C.'s resource extraction lifeboat is full of holes

Politicians are selling resource extraction as an economic cure—evidence suggests otherwise
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