Gold Majors Are Returning Record Cash Instead of Building New Mines

Canada News Group News Commentary - Barrick Mining returned $1.50 billion to shareholders in a single quarter this year, a 242% increase year on year, while cutting its capital expenditure guidance. Kinross Gold returned more than $600 million in the first half and has bought back roughly $1.1 billion of its own stock since April 2025, reducing its share count by about 4%. Both are rational responses to a record gold price. Neither builds a new mine. That is the tension running underneath the st