Sale of coal unit still possible

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TECK RESOURCES LTD. $55 remains a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TECK.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 515.0 million; Market cap: $28.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; Dividend yield: 0.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.teck.com) sold 6.2 million tonnes of metallurgical coal (a key ingredient in steelmaking) in the second quarter of 2023, down 1.6% from 6.3 million tonnes a year earlier. As well, the average prices dropped 54.2%, to $264 U.S. a tonne from $577 U.S. However, prices are still up 49.2% from $177 U.S. in the second quarter of 2021. Meanwhile, Teck continues to examine ways to re-organize its operations into two separate firms—one would focus on coal, while the other would hold its copper, zinc and other mines. The company cancelled a proposal to spin off the coal operations earlier this year due to shareholder opposition. It’s now evaluating proposals to sell that business after rejecting an offer from Switzerland-based mining company Glencore plc (Over-the-counter Pink Sheets symbol GLCNF) for a..