gold mine

Newmont Mining has agreed to sell a 14 percent stake in an Indonesian gold mine for $494 million, ending a years-long dispute with the Indonesian government over how the mining company should sell shares as required under its contract to operate in the country.

Gunmen fired on a bus that had just dropped off employees working for U.S. company Freeport at the world's biggest gold mine Wednesday, a company spokesman said.

Newmont Mining Corp. says its second-quarter profit sank 40 percent, reflecting lower copper prices and costs related to its purchase of the remaining stake in an Australian gold mine.

For the folks who make a living spreading manure on farm fields, the business end of hogs, cows and chickens can be a gold mine.

Federal regulators have fined Newmont Mining Corp. more than $500,000 for safety violations they say contributed to the death of a worker at an underground gold mine in Nevada.

Botox has become a wrinkle-removal gold mine for the drug maker Allergan, but some doctors are also now using it to treat ailments like migraines and oily skin.