Teck rides the re-opening trend

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Teck Resources continues to recover since dropping to $8.15 at the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. Those share price gains reflect re-opening of the global economy, which has spurred both demand and prices for the company’s main commodities. While COVID-19 continues to increase Teck’s costs, particularly at its big new copper project in Chile, the company’s long-term outlook is bright. TECK RESOURCES LTD. $46 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TECK.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 531.1 million; Market cap: $24.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.9; Dividend yield: 0.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.teck.com) is a leading producer of metallurgical coal, a key ingredient in steelmaking. It also produces copper and zinc. Teck owns 21.31% of the Fort Hills oil sands project in northern Alberta. The company sold 5.1 million tonnes of metallurgical coal in the fourth quarter of 2021, which is below its earlier forecast for 5.2 million to 5.7 million tonnes. That decline is due to flooding in southern…