Newmont Proposes $17 Billion Takeover of Australia’s Newcrest Mining
ADELAIDE, Australia— Newmont has made a roughly $17 billion offer to acquire Australia’s Newcrest Mining , aiming to seal one of the biggest deals for a global gold miner as the industry struggles to make large new discoveries of the precious metal. Newmont, based in Colorado and one of the world’s largest producers of gold, submitted a conditional and nonbinding indicative proposal to acquire Newcrest, Australia’s largest listed gold producer. Newmont said it would offer 0.380 of its own shares for each Newcrest share held.