VANCOUVER – Teck Resources Ltd. reported a profit in its latest quarter compared with a loss a year ago as its revenue rose.

The mining company says its profit from continuing operations attributable to shareholders amounted to $281 million or 57 cents per diluted share for its third quarter.

The result compared with a loss of $748 million or $1.45 per diluted share in the same quarter last year.

On an adjusted basis, Teck says it earned 76 cents per diluted share from continuing operations in its latest quarter, up from an adjusted profit of 60 cents per diluted share a year earlier.

Revenue totalled $3.39 billion, up from $2.86 billion in the same quarter last year.

Teck announced a deal last month to merge with U.K.-based miner Anglo American to form the Anglo Teck group, however t

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