Miner joins petroleum partnership
7th Sep 2005, 05:47 GMT
Vancouver-based mining giant Teck Cominco Ltd. is sliding over to the Alberta oil sands with a $475 million investment in a major project that it expects will keep the company sitting pretty while oil prices continue to skyrocket.
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