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Newcrest Mining Limited is an Australian-based corporation which engages in the exploration, development, mining and sale of gold and gold-copper concentrate. It is Australia's leading gold mining company and its operations have expanded beyond Australia, for example Indonesia, thus becoming a prominent international mining corporation. Newmont Mining Corporation initially started the company as a subsidiary in 1966. The subsidiary became Newmont Holdings Pty Ltd. in 1980 and in 1990 acquired 100% of Australmin Holdings Ltd. taking the current name. Newcrest’s primary gold and copper production in Australia is at Ridgeway (Cadia Valley Operations), Telfer, Cadia and Cracow and in Indonesia at Gosowong.〔(December Quarterly Report ) Newcrest ASX announcement, published: 28 January 2010, accessed: 9 February 2010〕 Past and present exploration was done in the Americas, Asia and Europe. In April 2010, Newcrest announced it was in merger talks with Lihir Gold, a move that would create the world's fifth-largest gold producer, with a combined production of 2,8 million ounces of gold in 2009.〔(Newcrest Proposed Combination with Lihir ) Newcrest website, published: 1 April 2010, accessed: 9 May 2010〕 In August 2010, the deal was approved by Lihir shareholders (99.86%), and by the end of the month by the national court of Papua New Guinea (PNG), clearing the way for the deal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lihir Gold shareholders approve Newcrest takeover )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PNG court approves gold miner Newcrest's Lihir takeover )〕 Under the deal worth US$9.45 billion, Newcrest will give Lihir shareholders 0.12 Newcrest shares, plus A$0.225 per Lihir share. As of the third quarter of 2014, Newcrest was the world's sixth-largest producer of gold.〔Simon Walker, "Gold: new fundamentals, ''Engineering & Mining Journal'', Feb. 2015, v.216 n.2 p.34〕 ==Background== Newmont Mining Corporation was founded in 1921 in New York by Colonel William Thompson as a holding company to invest in worldwide mineral, oil, and relations companies. The Newmont name is an abbreviation of where Thompson lived and worked; New York and Montana. Newmont is now the world’s second largest gold producer. The Newmont Mining Corporation began an Australian subsidiary in 1966 and by 1971 they claimed to have discovered Telfer. In 1980 the subsidiary became Newmont Holdings Pty Ltd and was based in Victoria, Australia. Seven years later it was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange as Newmont Australia Limited. When in 1990 the company acquired 100% of Australmin Holdings Ltd and 92% of BHP Gold Mines Ltd, it acquired its current company name. Newcrest’s primary focus was within Australia until 1991, when it commenced exploration overseas. Newcrest was determined to become a significant and internationally recognised gold mining and exploration company. The company established exploration offices and new companies offshore in Jakarta, Indonesia and Chile, South America. In 1992, exploration discovered its first offshore gold in the Halmahera Islands, Indonesia. And in 1996, Newcrest stated that the company wished to transform itself into a world-scale and internationally recognised producer. In 2002, years of exploration around Australia and overseas were paying dividends and the Newcrest group was capitalised at over $2 billion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newcrest Mining」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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