Newmont Poised to Oust Barrick as World's Top Gold Producer

The Fimiston Open Pit mine, known as the Super Pit, stands in this aerial photograph taken above Kalgoorlie, Australia, on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. 

Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg

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Newmont Mining Corp.’s Gary Goldberg has the title of world’s biggest gold producer within his grasp.

The chief executive officer raised his 2018 production forecast Bloomberg Terminalto a range of 4.9 million to 5.4 million ounces. That exceeds Barrick Gold Corp.’s 2018 guidance of 4.8 million to 5.3 million given in February, which doesn’t include the impact of the sale of 50 percent of a mine in Argentina.