Teck Resources reported its third quarter 2015 results. Key highlights include:
- Steelmaking coal unit costs decreased by $20/tonne from Q3 2014 to $64/tonne. Copper cash unit costs decreased by $0.20/lb from Q3 2014 to $1.44/lb.
- Gross profit for steelmaking coal increased 5% despite a 1.3 million tonne production decrease. Copper gross profit increased 31%.
- Construction of the Fort Hills oil sands project is 43% complete and remains on track to begin first oil production in 2017. Teck's remaining capital commitment is $1.5 billion.
- Teck ended the quarter with $1.8