Newmont’s Goldcorp gamble may need ‘drastic’ surgery to work
The cost to create the world’s largest gold company: A 17 percent premium for a $10 billion all-shares acquisition that faces some big-time challenges down the line.
Las Bambas' appeal lies on the fact it is expected to produce more than 400,000 tonnes of copper a year when it goes into production towards the end of 2014.
"Gold particles are also very good at capturing X-rays—so if they could be made to penetrate cancer cells, and were then heated by a beam of X-rays, they could destroy those cells from within."