Teck Spinoff Is Backed by Canada Pension After Website Error Fixed

  • CPPIB says website mistake showed it voting against Teck split
  • Glencore has framed vote as a referendum on its takeover offer

The Teck Resources steelmaking coal mine in the Elk Valley near Sparwood, British Columbia.

Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg
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Canada’s largest pension fund says it will vote for Teck Resources Ltd.’s plan to split the mining company after a “technical error” last week caused it to state the opposite.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which managed C$536 billion ($394 billion) at the end of December, will endorse a plan to spin off Teck’s steelmaking coal business at an April 26 shareholder meeting, it confirmed on Tuesday.