Going by Miners’ Production Guidances, Is Production Thinning?
Goldcorp’s (GG) gold (GLD) (NUGT) production fell 15% to 646,000 ounces YoY (year-over-year) in 4Q17. Goldcorp has guided for production of 2.5 million ounces in 2018 with a variance of plus or minus 5%, which is in line with its previous 2018 guidance as well as its guidance for 2017. In 4Q17, Barrick Gold (ABX) produced ~1.3 million ounces of gold, a fall of 11.8% YoY.