Barrick Gold has announced it has completed the sale of its Yilgarn South assets in Western Australia to South African company Gold Fields.
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Shuttleworth to head up Fortescue’s Cloudbreak mine
Fortescue Metals Group has managed to lure former Australian Mining mine manager of the year Julie Shuttleworth from Barrick Gold.
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Barrick flags $2bn in cost cuts, earmarks Plutonic for divestment
The world’s largest gold producer, Barrick Gold has revealed just how much it expects to cut from the company.
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Judge directs Barrick to pay $1.4m compo
A judge has directed Barrick Gold to pay $1.4 million in compensation to the de facto partner and son of a mine worker who died at the Kanowna Belle mine in August 2009.
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Barrick goes ahead with WA asset sale for $330m
Canadian gold miner Barrick Gold has sold three of its Western Australian gold mines to South Africa’s Gold Fields for $US300 million ($330 million).
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Barrick could sell Plutonic gold mine
Barrick Gold has indicated it might sell its Plutonic mine in Western Australia as well as its three Yilgarn mines, which went up for sale earlier this year.
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Gold’s up but not out of the woods
Gold made its biggest one day gain in over a year, surging 3 per cent to hit a one-month high on Monday, breaking the $US1300 an ounce mark.
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Focus Minerals closes its third gold operation this year, another 65 jobs gone
The lower gold price has taken another casualty with Focus Minerals announcing it will cease its Coolgardie operations at the end of the month.
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Barrick reportedly edging closer to WA asset sale
Rumours have emerged that Barrick Gold is edging closer to the sale of its Western Australian assets, with speculation Tribune Resources is considering buying out the East Kundana gold mine.
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Mining slowdown part of the game: WA industry
The Western Australian mining industry said unstable resource prices and job cuts are common in the mining industry and it is accustomed to it.
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Jobs go at Barrick Gold’s Lake Cowal mine
Five workers have been made redundant at Barrick Gold’s Lake Cowal mine with the company blaming the decision on weak gold prices and increasing operating costs.
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Shine wears off WA Goldfields with job losses
Western Australia is feeling the heat from the mining downturn as around 5000 jobs have gone in the state’s mining sector.
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Price slump doesn’t deter Regis gold expansion
Despite the gold price drop, Regis Resources is forging ahead with a plant production expansion at its Duketon project near Laverton.
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Barrick true to its word, cuts more jobs
Barrick Gold has continued to cut jobs, retrenching another 32 jobs from its Perth head office yesterday.
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Barrick axes another 100 jobs
Gold mining major Barrick Gold has announced further job cuts with plans to axe 100 jobs at its corporate offices in Toronto.
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150 PNG Newcrest jobs cut
Newcrest is slashing 150 local and expat jobs at Papua New Guinea's Lihir gold mine.
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Gold miner looks to freeze wages, shorten mine life
Australian gold miner OceanaGold is considering freezing wages for hundreds of mining employees at two of its New Zealand mines.
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Barrick cuts U.S jobs
The world’s largest gold miner, Barrick Gold has sacked 55 workers in Utah and Nevada off the back of falling gold prices and struggling stock.
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The height of mega gold mines drawing to a close.
A look at three very different gold miners across the world shows that despite their differences, they are all in the same financial boat, as gold's star wanes.
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Barrick cuts jobs, warns more will go
With analysts warning the gold price could fall even lower, gold miners are facing increasingly tougher times.
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