Teck previously approved investments to extend the life of the interior B.C. Highland Valley mine. Premier David Eby plans to visit the operation on Thursday to mark the formal start of life extension construction.

Union leaders at Teck Resources Ltd.’s operations in British Columbia are guardedly optimistic about job stability after the company announced what is being billed as a merger with Anglo American PLC NGLOY .

The United Steelworkers represents 1,500 unionized employees at Teck’s Highland Valley Copper mine near Logan Lake in the southern interior and 1,200 workers at the company’s zinc and lead smelter in the community of Trail in the Kootenay region of southeast B.C.

The well-paying jobs are located in regions that are attractive for balancing work duties and recreational a

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