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A strategic business case analysis and five-year plan are presented here for the Teck Applied Mineralogy group in Trail, British Columbia. Applied mineralogy is a key technical competency for Teck…

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the cost control and productivity problems facing the mining industry and Teck Resources in particular, and examine whether technologies, such as automation,…

Open pit mining is simply about large machinery moving large amounts of material. The optimal operation and maintenance of these machines is critical to business success. In 2010, Teck operations…

Large projects such as the transition of operations from one area of an open pit mine to a new area will involve the execution of a number of sub-projects. Existing systems at Teck Coal tend to…

Mining operations, both in Canada and worldwide, face increasing pressures that affect mine profitability. Declining head grades, increasing strip ratios, deeper excavations and other obstacles…

The expectations for companies to disclose information are undergoing a transformation. Traditional financial disclosure practices are no longer sufficient to address increasing pressures to provide…

The coal business unit of Teck will move over 300 million bank cubic metres of material or approximately 800 million tonnes in 2015 using a fleet of large haul trucks and shovels. The mining and…

Teck Coal Limited is the world’s second largest exporter of seaborne steel-making coal. Teck Coal operates six mines in western Canada and two of the mines, Fording River Operations and Greenhills…

Teck Highland Valley Copper is the largest copper mine in Canada. The operation requires annual sustaining capital funding in order to replace equipment and maintain capacity. The asset replacement…

The British Columbia (BC) Government introduced the Clean Energy Act in 2010. With the new legislation, BC Hydro has been mandated to be electricity self sufficient by 2016. BC Hydro may not have…

Coarse ore upgrading opportunities, involving a mix of new and traditional technologies, are gaining momentum in the mining industry as a tool to improve the economics of resource extraction while…

John Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) was articulated in order to better understand how issues entered onto policy agendas, using the concept of policy actors interacting over the course of…

This business plan examines the viability of using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), otherwise known as aerial drones for asset management inspections. The UAVs are equipped with high-resolution…

This paper explores ways for the proposed LNG industry to build successful engagement procedures with BC First Nations. The process starts with the LNG industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility with…

Climate change is known to be an important risk of forest fire. Studies have shown an increased risk of fire because of rising temperatures, drier conditions, more lightning from stronger storms,…

Objectives: Men who have sex with men (MSM) represent the largest HIV transmission category in Canada, but there are limited pan-provincial data regarding combination antiretroviral therapy (cART)…

This project combines depth sensor, virtual game platform, and mobile robots to create an environment where user can engage in a game (i.e. a game of air-hockey) by using simple hand gestures to…

Ecological indices summarize large sets of complex data to improve performance monitoring, benchmarking, policy analysis, and public communication. Indices, such as the Ocean Health Index, are…

The First Nations Technology Council began strategic repositioning as a social enterprise in 2014. This Three-Year Social Enterprise Business Plan aligns the organization’s vision and social mission…