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Newmont beats revenue estimates on greater gold production

Newmont Corp beat Wall Street estimates for secondquarter earnings on Wednesday, as the world's greatest gold miner gained from robust production and greater prices.

The company also said it would sell the entity holding its deferred payment rights connected to the Batu Hijau mine in Indonesia for about $153 million.

Newmont, which finished its $17 billion acquisition of Australian miner Newcrest in November, has revealed plans to attain at least $2 billion in gross profits from the divestiture of high-quality, non-core asset sales.

Shares of the business were up 2.5% after the bell.

Attributable gold production increased to 1.61 million ounces in the 2nd quarter from 1.24 million ounces a year earlier. Analysts had actually anticipated production of 1.56 million ounces, according to LSEG data.

Average recognized gold rate was $2,347 per ounce in the quarter ended June 30, compared to $1,965 per ounce a year previously.

Prices of the rare-earth element increased 4.2% in the April-June quarter. The rally is also anticipated to assist Canadian peer Barrick Gold.

Newmont's all-in-sustaining cost, a market metric that shows total costs associated with production, increased to $ 1,562 per ounce of gold from $1,472 per ounce a year previously.

The precious metals miner continues to expect overall annual attributable gold production of 6.9 million ounces. This compares to analysts' estimates of 6.8 million ounces.

On an adjusted basis, Denver, Colorado-based Newmont posted an earnings of 72 cents per share for the April-June quarter, compared with experts' estimates of 62 cents, according to LSEG data.

(source: Reuters)