Newmont Makes $17 Billion Offer for Australia Gold Miner Newcrest

Newmont has made an offer worth around $17 billion to acquire Australia’s Newcrest Mining an approach which could set off competing bids as international gold miners seek to secure the most promising ...

Why a Winning Streak for Gold Could Help Barrick and Newmont Stock Rise

The market slumps of 2022 drove investors to many havens, including gold. While the price of the precious metal has risen 4% over the past year, that rally didn’t fully extend to gold miners’ stocks. ...

Why Splunk Stock Is Worth a Look

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Overlooked by Investors, Royalties Are Fetching Princely Sums

Sept. 18, 2022 9:00 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) ADELAIDE, Australia—A rush of deals for royalties on resources projects is drawing attention to an asset that many investors didn’t even know ab...

Newmont Is a Hedge Against Uncertainty With a 5% Dividend Yield

A processing plant at the Merian gold mine in Suriname, owned and operated by Newmont. The company’s stock may be the safest way to bet on a gold revival. Ranu Abhelakh/Reuters/Alamy Text size Gold ha...

Buy Newmont stock for its deep value and ‘very attractive’ dividend, UBS says

Shares of Newmont Corp. were little changed Tuesday, despite selloffs in gold futures and the broader stock market, after UBS analyst Cleve Rueckert said it was time to buy, given “compelling” valuati...

Gold Has Been a Disappointment This Year. What Could Change That.

Rising interest rates and strength in the dollar contributed to gold’s drop to $1,700.20 an ounce on July 20, the lowest finish since March 30, 2021. Here: a row of gold ingots in a foundry. Andrey Ru...

Yamana Gold Stock Surges on $6.7 Billion Gold Fields Deal

Text size Yamana Gold holders would receive 0.6 Gold Fields share for each share outstanding under terms of the proposed takeover. David Gray/AFP/Getty Images Yamana Gold stock surged on Tuesday after...

Hycroft Mining stock’s ‘memester’-induced rocket ride is making AMC a lot of money

Shares of Hycroft Mining Holding Corp. rallied in very active trading Tuesday, as the gold and silver miner enjoyed its new meme-like status, with help from new investor AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc...

A New Meme-Stock Frenzy Led AMC to Gold Mine Stake

Day traders looking to capitalize on commodity price volatility catalyzed a chain reaction that ended with movie theater giant AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.’s unusual deal to take a stake in a gold-...

AMC stuns investors with investment in gold and silver mine as it puts $1.8 billion war chest to work

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. surprised investors Tuesday with the news of an investment in a gold and silver mine that is well outside of its core cinema business. The company is buying 22% of Hycr...

Why Barrick Gold’s CEO Is Looking to Boost Its Copper Business

Text size Barrick aims to boost its gold production to 4.8 million ounces annually by the end of decade from 4.4 million in 2021. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images Mark Bristow, the CEO of one of the bi...

Gold Miner Barrick Unveils Variable Dividend That Could Mean a 3% Yield

Text size Barrick Gold produced 1.2 million ounces of gold in the fourth quarter. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images Barrick Gold, one of the two largest gold mining companies in the world, plans to intr...