The Canadian government will contribute as much as C$400 million ($282 million) to Teck Resources Ltd.’s plans to boost output at a key metals refinery, creating a deal that could ensure the country receives a portion of future germanium, antimony and gallium supply.

Canada’s Teck Resources Ltd. warned of higher fuel costs for its key Chilean copper mines as the war in the Middle East chokes supply chains, even as higher commodity prices buoyed the company’s earnings in the first quarter.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is turning to some of Canada’s most prominent business executives, including Bank of Montreal’s Darryl White, to give him advice on how to handle Canada’s economic relationship with the US.

Teck Resources Ltd. — the Canadian miner being acquired by Anglo American Plc — reported a jump in earnings aided by higher copper prices, while reaffirming output guidance including at the Quebrada Blanca mine.

The Canadian government has approved Anglo American Plc’s acquisition of Teck Resources Ltd., helping to clear the way for the creation of a $50 billion metals giant focused on copper mines in Chile and Peru.

Anglo American Plc and Teck Resources Ltd. shareholders voted in favor of the two companies combining, clearing a key step toward the creation of a $50 billion metals producer focused on copper mines in Chile and Peru.

Anglo American Plc has withdrawn a resolution on executive incentives, the day before shareholders vote on its takeover of Teck Resources Ltd.

Glencore Plc said it would seek to keep an equal share of its copper joint venture with Anglo American Plc in Chile should it merge with a neighboring mine owned by Teck Resources Ltd. after the two rivals combine operations.

Last Thursday night, the world’s biggest miner made a brazen attempt to gatecrash one of the industry’s biggest-ever deals. Yet just three days later, the bid was already dead.

Until now, the mining giant had been insisting its own operations would give it the heft it needed.

BHP Group has walked away from a fresh takeover approach for Anglo American Plc, ending an unexpected and short-lived attempt by the world’s largest miner to thwart a planned tie-up between its smaller rival and Canada’s Teck Resources Ltd.

Shareholder advisory firm Glass, Lewis & Co. recommended that investors of Teck Resources Ltd. and Anglo American Plc vote in favor of a deal to combine the mining companies.

Canada is putting pressure on Anglo American Plc to make stronger commitments to executive and management jobs at its proposed Vancouver headquarters as a condition of taking over Teck Resources Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter.