Their loss is Teck’s gain

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TECK RESOURCES LTD. $29 (Toronto symbol TECK.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 577.7 million; Market cap: $16.8 billion; Price-to sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 0.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.teck.com) is a leading producer of metallurgical coal, a key ingredient in steelmaking. It also produces zinc and copper. In the second quarter of 2017, Teck sold its coal at an average price of $169 U.S. a tonne, up 103.6% from a year earlier. That’s largely because a cyclone in April 2017 forced coal producers in Australia to temporarily shut down their mines. Coal prices continue to hold steady at around $170 U.S. a tonne. In response, Teck plans to sell 7.0 million tonnes of coal in the third quarter of 2017, up from 6.9 million tonnes in the second quarter. Teck is a buy. buy…