Teck CEO skips copper event lineup to focus on investor face time

Bankers and traders arriving in the Chilean capital this week eager to hear what the top executive of Glencore Plc’s latest acquisition target has to say aren’t going to be getting the presentation they’d hoped.

Teck Resources CEO Jonathan Price, who was supposed to participate in Tuesday’s keynote discussion panel at CRU’s World Copper Conference, was replaced late in the planning process with another member of Teck’s management team. COO Harry “Red” Conger instead joined the panel alongside leaders from other mining giants including Rio Tinto and Codelco.