Shift to copper will spur Teck

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Teck Resources has now completed its plan to focus solely on its copper and zinc projects. That should let it tap into the growing need for these metals for electric-powered vehicles (EVs). Moreover, the metals it ships from its facilities in Canada comply with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. That helps cut its exposure to tariffs. TECK RESOURCES LTD. $47 remains a buy for the Resources sector of your portfolio. In 2024, the company (Toronto symbol TECK.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 498.0 million; Market cap: $23.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.6; Dividend yield: 1.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.teck.com) sold its remaining 77% stake in metallurgical coal business Elk Valley Resources (EVR) to Switzerland-based mining company Glencore plc (Over-the-counter Pink Sheets symbol GLCNF) for $7.3 billion U.S. That followed its earlier sale of 23% of EVR for $1.3 billion U.S. The remaining company now operates copper and zinc mines. Those include the second phase of Teck’s Quebrada Blanca copper mine in northern Chile (called…