Deals
Buying or Selling: Mining Leaders Talk About Their 2019 Plans
- Teck CEO: May consider partners or sales of more copper assets
- Newmont CEO interested in non-core assets Barrick could shed
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U.S.-China trade tensions weighed on copper miners in 2018 as fears of a global economic slowdown overshadowed other fundamentals. Meanwhile gold producers struggled as bullion lost its safe-haven luster until late in the year.
What’s ahead in 2019? We asked four top executives from companies including Newmont Mining Corp. and Teck Resources Ltd. for their outlooks. From dealing with debt to dividends, to corporate-level acquisitions and asset sales, no one plans to stay still.