Resources & Agriculture
BIV's resources and agriculture coverage provides the latest news in the mining, oil and gas, agriculture and fisheries sectors in Vancouver and British Columbia
Site C’s overruns are typical for dam megaprojects
Only nuclear power plants are more prone to blow up budgets and schedules, report finds
Series of unfortunate events stalls Site C progress
Megaproject’s geotechnical problems will cost a bundle to fix
Powell River paper mill to restart in May
Paper mill hit was hit with two viruses: COVID-19 and malware
Mowi begins smolt cull and layoffs at B.C. fish farms
Federal government forcing open-net salmon farms in Discovery Islands area out of business
Pipeline for LNG Canada hits pandemic speedbump
Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline faces ‘significant’ costs increases, delays: TC Energy
Site C work will continue despite new costs, province says
Site C dam will be completed with a new $16 billion price tag and a 14.5% BC Hydro rate hike
Alaska-B.C. mine rivers generally healthy: state-province joint report
A four-year study of Alaska-B.C. rivers associated with mining activity - spurred by U.S. and Canadian complaints about environmental threats - has concluded there aren’t risks to marine...
More forest industry acquisitions expected in 2021
M&A report: Sector consolidation started off with a $4 billion big bang in 2021
Mining sector holds high-grade M&A potential in 2021
M&A report: Gold bull market, dearth of new discoveries make B.C. gold companies ripe targets
B.C.'s salmon farms seeking a reprieve from closures in the Discovery Islands
Fish farm company culling young salmon because it is banned from placing them in marine net pens