Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM) elected Vincent Calarco as non-executive chairman, effective Jan. 1.
The Denver gold company said Calarco succeeds Wayne Murdy, who will retire at the end of the year.
Newmont Mining said Calarco joined the board in 2000 and currently serves as chairman of the corporate governance and nominating committee and a member of [...]

Newmont Mining Corp., the world’s second-biggest gold producer, said profit plunged 67 percent in the first quarter as slumping output and higher mining costs erased the benefits of a price rally.
Net income fell to $68 million, or 15 cents a share, from $209 million, or 47 cents, a year earlier, Denver-based Newmont said today [...]

Gold miner Newmont Mining Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter income jumped to $161 million, or 36 cents per share, on revenue of $1.31 billion.
That compares to income of $50 million, or 11 cents per share, on revenue of $997 million in the second quarter of 2005.
Newmont (NYSE: NEM) is based in Denver.
Gold sales jumped to [...]