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Newcrest’s Cadia mine in NSW was its biggest earning asset.

Desert gold: Newmont in bid to convert mines to cash

The US gold giant that swallowed Australia’s biggest goldminer, Newcrest, in a $26.2 billion merger is moving to sell half a dozen mines.

  • Simon Johanson

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Boddington Gold Mine silicosis main picture. Picture: Getty

Silicosis strikes at Australia’s biggest gold mine

A gold mine employee at US giant Newmont’s Boddington mine in WA has been diagnosed with silicosis, sparking calls to expand preventative health checks for miners.

  • Peter Milne
Newcrest’s flagship Cadia gold mine near Orange, NSW.

Newcrest slows mining at NSW flagship site amid dust pollution warnings

The Environmental Protection Authority determined the giant Cadia mine near Orange was releasing an unacceptable level of dust from its main vent.

  • Nick Toscano
Newcrest’s flagship Cadia gold mine near Orange, NSW.

Newcrest backs Newmont’s $29b takeover bid to form global gold giant

In a deal that would be the largest in gold mining history, Newcrest has agreed to back a takeover offer that values the company at nearly $29 billion.

  • Nick Toscano
Technology stocks were falling more than the rest of the market on Wall Street.

ASX bounces up as miners advance; Newcrest jumps after sweetened bid

The Australian sharemarket climbed on Tuesday as the country’s iron ore giants lifted the local bourse.

  • Millie Muroi
Newcrest’s flagship Cadia gold mine near Orange, NSW.

Gold mining giant raises $30 billion takeover bid for Newcrest

Australian gold miner Newcrest has opened its books after an offer that if accepted would mark the biggest takeover in the history of the gold mining industry.

  • Nick Toscano
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Newcrest’s Lihir gold mine is located on a remote island in PNG’s New Ireland province.

Newcrest rejects $24b takeover offer from US giant Newmont

Top Australian gold miner Newcrest has rejected a takeover proposal from US giant Newmont, arguing it undervalues the company, but has agreed to open its books to extract a higher offer.

  • Nick Toscano
Canada’s Barrick Gold is a part-owner of the giant Super Pit gold mine in Kalgoorlie, WA.

Canadian mining giant has no plans to spark Newcrest bidding war

Gold mining giant Barrick Gold says it is unlikely to challenge a $24 billion takeover offer for Australia’s Newcrest, reducing the chance of a bidding war.

  • Nick Toscano
Senator Lidia Thorpe makes her Greens getaway.

Greens Thorpedoed and Lidia has left the building

The firebrand senator from Victoria wasted no time hitting the Parliament House exit after, well, hitting the exit on her Greens colleague.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
At the big end of the gold sector, size really does matter.

In gold mega deals, size really does matter

No one other than the big North American gold miners could make sense of the economics of a bid with a takeover premium, albeit a relatively modest one, for Newcrest.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/ncm-132