Higher coal prices offset lower sales

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TECK RESOURCES LTD. $45 is a buy for investors seeking long-term gains from the Resources sector of their portfolio. The company (Toronto symbol TECK.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 531.1 million; Market cap: $23.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 1.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.teck.com) is a leading producer of metallurgical coal, a key ingredient in steelmaking, as well as copper and zinc. Teck owns 21.31% of the Fort Hills oil sands project in northern Alberta. In the third quarter of 2022, Teck’s coal sales totalled 5.6 million tonnes. That’s down 5.1% from 5.9 million tonnes a year earlier. The decline is largely due to the breakdown of a conveyor belt system at its Elkview coal mine in B.C. It will take about two months to repair the equipment. As well, a strike at the Westshore coal terminal in Vancouver has hurt Teck’s ability to ship coal to customers in Asia. In response, the company shifted its coal exports to other terminals in…