OceanaGold to scale back Macraes mine operation, cut staff in face of falling gold price

OceanaGold to scale back Macraes mine operation, cut staff in face of falling gold price
By Paul McBeth Jan. 8 (BusinessDesk) - OceanaGold Corp, the Melbourne-based mining group, plans to scale back its operations and shed staff at the Macraes goldfield in Otago in response to a falling gold price, and has flagged smaller production and an impairment charge in 2014. The mining group’s board has signed off on a plan to cut costs at Macraes, which has been operating for 23 years, to reduce gold output and cut headcount over the next two years, it said in a statement. That plan will see a smaller cutback at the Frasers 6 open pit,...