Why copper is becoming the new gold standard
It was Newcrest’s copper-rich gold mines that gave it the extra shine as the US mining giant Newmont circled. The Denver, Colorado-based Newmont had been studying Melbourne’s last remaining big gold mining property for years but it was Newcrest’s copper-rich gold mines that gave it the extra shine. The $26.2bn all-share deal came together in … [Read more…]