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Toronto, Vancouver,
Montreal |
| Shares in issue |
180 million
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Company Description
- Teck Cominco Limited
is a Canadian-based integrated natural resource company whose principal
activities are mining, smelting and refining.
- The group mines
zinc, copper, molybdenum, gold and metallurgical coal in the U.S.A.,
Canada, and Peru. The company's production of refined metals includes
zinc, lead, gold, and silver. In addition, the group produces specialized
metal products, including indium, germanium and low-alpha powders of
lead, tin and special alloys used in the high technology sector.
- Cominco started
in 1906 as The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, while
Teck began as The Teck-Hughes Gold Mines Limited in 1913, to develop
a gold discovery by prospectors Sandy McIntyre and James Hughes at Kirkland
Lake.
- The association
between Teck and Cominco began in 1986, when Teck and two industry partners
acquired a shareholding from CP Limited, and culminated with the merging
of the two companies in July 2001, to form Teck Cominco.
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