Vancouver’s Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (OTCBB:PTQMF) continues to stockpile financial troubles – the latest being a $1 million lawsuit from a local law firm over unpaid legal bills.
A Vancouver junior coal mining company that wants to build an underground coal mine in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island has withdrawn at the last minute from an environmental screening, just as the Environmental Assessment Office was set to make a ruling.
Teck Resources Limited (TSX:TCK.B) saw its 2014 profit fall by more than half compared with 2013 as copper and steelmaking coal prices remained low throughout the year.
"The investigation primarily focuses on offences in respect to the Environmental Management Act and the federal Fisheries Act, but it's not limited to those acts."
British Columbia was accepting comments until Thursday (January 29) on a proposal for the Murray River coal river mine that HD Mining wants to build near Tumbler Ridge.