Senate told price needed to start pumping from 6,500 drilled but uncompleted wells in US "much lower than global competitors believe or would like it to be"
While the province says the proposed ruling will cut red tape, environmental groups claim it doesn't do enough to prevent mining on privately protected lands.
The world's largest gold producer, reported a quarterly loss, compared with a year-earlier profit, as asset sales impacted production and realized gold prices fell.