Community opposition forces Newmont to abandon Conga project in Peru

[caption id="attachment_849255" align="alignright" width="550"] Output from Conga was supposed to replace production from the nearby Yanacocha mine (pictured), which is running out of gold. (Image from archives)[/caption] Newmont Mining Corp's (NYSE:NEM), the world's 2nd largest gold miner, is walking away...

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