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Teck considers shift from zinc to power production

CANADA'S Teck Cominco group has signalled that it may again shut its Trail zinc smelter in Britis...

Tim Treadgold

Teck owns a hydroelectric dam near its smelter and in 2001 made more money selling power to the US at up to US$90 a megawatt than it did producing zinc which has slumped to US36c a pound. Teck Cominco...

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