If push comes to shove, one of the world’s largest gold miners is prepared to do an end run around the US should President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on Mexican goods bite.
Agnico Eagle Mines currently produces about 300 000 ounces of gold in Mexico that it refines in the US, all of which would likely be subject to the proposed tariffs, CEO Sean Boyd said Wednesday. But he already knows how he’d respond to potential levies.