6-K 1 form6k_033104.txt REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER 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 March 2004 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: March 31, 2004 By: /s/ KAREN L. DUNFEE --------------------------------------- Karen L. Dunfee Corporate Secretary [GRAPHIC OMITTED] [LOGO - TECKCOMINCO] -------------------------------------------------------- EXTERNAL NEWS RELEASE 04-10-TC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2004 TECK COMINCO ANNOUNCES END TO LEAD FORCE MAJEURE Vancouver, B.C. -- Teck Cominco Limited announced today that its subsidiary, Teck Cominco Metals Ltd., has terminated the declaration of force majeure on its refined lead contracts that it made on February 25, 2004. The declaration resulted from damage to the KIVCET lead furnace and boiler at the Trail Metallurgical Operations caused by an explosion on February 2, 2004. Repairs to the plant were completed in March and inventories have now reached the point where normal shipments can resume. - 30 - For additional information please contact: Tom Merinsky Director, Investor Relations 604.685.3007 TECK COMINCO LIMITED 200 BURRARD STREET, VANCOUVER, B.C. V6C 3L9 -TEL: (604) 687-1117 - FAX: (604) 687-6100 - www.teckcominco.com