Top five gold mining companies in the world profiled
#0183;#32;2. Barrick Gold: tonnes. Topping the gold mining list in 2017, Canadian gold mining company Barrick Gold dropped to second spot in 2018 despite producing tonnes of the precious metal. In July 2018, Barrick Gold entered a joint venture with Newmont Goldcorp by merging its Nevada assets to be called the Nevada Gold Mines.