The expansion of the mine, which will require an estimated investment of $4.7 billion, is set to start producing in 2021 and could double Teck’s copper business.
A new rule taking effect in 2020 aimed at reducing pollution by cutting the sulfur content of maritime fuel will make sulfur-heavy oil sands crude less desirable.
A coalition of gold investors, including firms backed by billionaires John Paulson and Naguib Sawiris, is taking aim at mining executives who don’t have enough skin in the game.
Social desirability is important enough for consumers to ignore that battery-powered technology is currently more expensive than internal combustion engines.