Teck’s coal sales warning comes amid broader concerns for miner

With two weeks until it releases quarterly earnings, Teck Resources can’t seem to catch a break.

The miner’s steelmaking-coal sales are threatened by heavy rain, snow and mudslides. Costs to build a new shipping terminal in British Columbia to get its goods to market are running over budget. And its base-metals business is facing not-yet-quantified, but potentially significant, risks from China’s coronavirus outbreak.