July 27 (Reuters) - Canada's Teck Resources Ltd TECKb.TO TCK.N , the world's second-biggest shipper of steelmaking coal, reported a surge in second-quarter profit on Thursday compared to a year ago, aided by higher coal prices and sales.
Teck, which also mines copper, zinc and gold, said attributable profit rose to C$577 million ($463.79 million), or C$ 1 per share, in the three months to end-June, from C$15 million, or 3 Canadian cents a share, in the same year-ago period. = 1.2441 Canadian dollars)