UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 6-K

                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13A-16 15D-16 OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                            For the month of May 2003

                        Commission File Number: 001-13184


                              TECK COMINCO LIMITED
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       Suite 600 - 200 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3L9
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                    Form 20-F [  ]              Form 40-F  [X]

         Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): _____

         Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in
paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to
security holders.

         Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): _____

         Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in
paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the
registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the
report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a
material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
Commission filing on EDGAR.

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
                    Yes [  ]                No [X]

         If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- __________.






                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                            TECK COMINCO LIMITED
                                            (Registrant)



Date:    May 2, 2003                        By: /s/ Karen L. Dunfee
                                                ----------------------------
                                                Karen L. Dunfee
                                                Corporate Secretary



ELK VALLEY
COAL
CORPORATION                                        N E W S   R E L E A S E

                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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                             ELK VALLEY COAL REPORTS
                         ACCIDENT RESULTING IN FATALITY


CALGARY, MAY 1, 2003 - Fording Canadian Coal Trust (TSX: FDG.UN, NYSE: FDG) and
Teck Cominco Limited (TSX: TEK.A, TEK.B) are saddened to announce that at
approximately 3:40 a.m. on May 1, 2003, a vehicle accident resulting in the
death of an employee of Elk Valley Coal Corporation occurred at the Company's
Greenhills Operations located near Elkford, British Columbia.

Elk Valley Coal Corporation deeply regrets the loss of one of its employees and
offers its sincerest sympathies to the family.

Authorities were notified immediately and the cause of the accident is now under
investigation by the Mines Inspector from the B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines,
the RCMP, and the Greenhills Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee.

Further details will be released as they become available.

FORDING CANADIAN COAL TRUST is an open-ended investment trust. Through
investments in metallurgical coal and industrial minerals mining and processing
operations, the Trust makes quarterly cash distributions to unitholders. The
Trust, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fording Inc., holds a 65% ownership
of the Elk Valley Coal Partnership and is the world's largest producer of the
industrial mineral wollastonite. The Elk Valley Coal Partnership, comprised of
Canada's senior metallurgical coal mining properties, is the world's second
largest exporter of metallurgical coal, capable of supplying approximately 25
million tonnes of high-quality coal products annually to the international steel
industry.

TECK COMINCO LIMITED is a diversified mining and metals company, headquartered
in Vancouver, Canada, with assets totaling approximately $5 billion. Its shares
are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TEK.A and TEK.B. The
company is a world leader in the production of zinc and metallurgical coal and
its mining operations also produce significant quantities of copper and gold.
The company is also the managing partner of the Elk Valley Coal Partnership, in
which it holds a 41% ownership interest. In total, the company owns, or has
interests in, thirteen mines and two refineries. Further information can be
found at WWW.TECKCOMINCO.COM.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

ELK VALLEY COAL CORPORATION
Cindy Brunel
Community and Government Relations Administrator
(250) 865-3285