Teck Resources Ord Shs Class A TECK

Primary Symbol: T.TECK.A Alternate Symbol(s): T.TECK.B | TCKRF

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Teck Resources Limited is a Canadian resource company. The Company operates a portfolio of copper and zinc operations across North and South America. The Company’s operations and projects include Antamina, Cardinal River, Galore Creek Project, Carmen de Andacollo, Highland Valley Copper, Trail Operations, Quebrada Blanca, Carmen de Andacollo, HVC Mine Life Extension Project, Galore Creek Project, NorthMet Project, Mesaba Project, NuevaUnion Project, Red Dog, Sullivan Mine and Trail Operations. The Antamina mine is a copper and zinc mine, located in the Andes Mountain range, 270 kilometers north of Lima, Peru. The deposit is located at an average elevation of 4,200 meters. Its Carmen de Andacollo is located in the Coquimbo Region of central Chile at an elevation of 1,000 meters, approximately 350 kilometers north of Santiago. Its Galore Creek is located within the territory of the Tahltan in northwestern British Columbia, approximately 150 kilometers northwest of Stewart.

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Post by Betteryear2on Feb 24, 2022 6:35am

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Unaudited Annual and Fourth Quarter Results for 2021

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) (“Teck”) today announced its unaudited annual and fourth quarter results for 2021.

“We closed out 2021 by setting a number of financial performance records, including our highest-ever quarterly and annual adjusted EBITDA and adjusted profit attributable to shareholders,” said Don Lindsay, President and CEO. “Teck’s record-setting performance was driven by the ongoing positive commodity price environment and made possible by the tremendous resilience of our people, who persevered through heatwaves, wildfires, floods, freezing temperatures and the global pandemic to continue safely and sustainably producing the essential resources the world needs.”

Highlights

Adjusted profit attributable to shareholders1 was a record $1.4 billion or $2.58 per share in Q4 2021, more than five times higher than the same period last year, and $3.1 billion or $5.74 per share for the year.
Profit attributable to shareholders of $1.5 billion or $2.79 per share in Q4 2021 was a quarterly record. Profit attributable to shareholders was $2.9 billion or $5.39 per share for the year.
Adjusted EBITDA1 was a record $2.5 billion in Q4 2021, more than 3 times higher than the same period last year, and $6.6 billion for the year. Profit before tax was a record $2.2 billion in Q4 2021 and $4.5 billion for the year.
We generated cash flows from operations of $4.7 billion in the year, ending the year with a cash balance of $1.4 billion and no amounts drawn on our US$4 billion committed credit facility. Our liquidity as at February 23, 2022 is $7.0 billion.
On February 23, 2022, we declared a $0.625 per share dividend, increased our annual base dividend to $0.50 per share and authorized up to $100 million share buyback.
Overall progress on our QB2 project has reached 77% completion.
Our copper business unit gross profit increased 20%, supported by an average realized copper price of US$4.46 per pound and copper production of 72,600 tonnes.
Our zinc business unit gross profit increased 48%, supported by an average realized zinc price of US$1.52 per pound.
Realized steelmaking coal prices of US$351 per tonne drove a $1.4 billion gross profit increase in our steelmaking coal business unit.
In 2021, we reached multi-year collective agreements at our Antamina, Quebrada Blanca, Fording River and Elkview Operations, and subsequent to year end, our Highland Valley Copper Operations.
We were named to the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the 12th consecutive year and recognized as the #1 company in the Metals and Mining sector. We were recognized in January as one of the 2021 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations by Corporate Knights and the top-ranked mining company.