Teck wants a partner for new mine

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TECK RESOURCES LTD. $30 (Toronto symbol TECK.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 573.6 million; Market cap: $17.2 billion; Price-to sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 0.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.teck.com) owns 90% of the Quebrada Blanca copper mine in northern Chile; the Chilean government owns the remaining 10%. Regulators have now approved the company’s plan to build a second phase at Quebrada Blanca. The expansion would substantially increase Teck’s annual copper production and extend the production life of the company’s Quebrada Blanca complex by more than 25 years. However, Teck first wants to sell between 30% and 40% of the project to help offset its $4.8 billion cost. The company aims to make a final decision on whether or not to proceed by the end of 2018. Teck is a buy. buy…