Agnico Eagle, Pan American to buy Yamana Gold in $4.8bn deal

Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM) and Pan American Silver (TSX, NASDAQ: PAAS) are buying fellow Canadian miner Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI), (NYSE: AUY), (LON: AUY) in a $4.8 billion cash-and-shares transaction. Toronto-based Yamana said on Tuesday it had inked a deal with the...