Barrick Gold quarterly profit dented by weak prices

Barrick’s realized gold price fell 2.7% to $1,771 per ounce in the quarter, while it dropped nearly 13% to $3.98 per pound for copper from the second.

Barrick’s 2021 production forecast is in the bottom half of the 4.4 to 4.7 million ounces estimated previously due to pandemic-related…