Teck reaches tentative agreement with Fording River union: BIV

Andrew Topf | April 30, 2011 | 12:29 am Energy Coal

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Business in Vancouver reports:

In a labour negotiation that has avoided the kind of strikes seen at the company’s Elkview and Coal Mountain mines in recent months, Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TCK.A, TCK.B; NYSE:TCK) announced this morning that it has arrived at a tentative collective agreement with the workers at Fording River – B.C.’s largest mine.

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