A U.S. Court of Appeals issued an...

A U.S. Court of Appeals issued an injunction temporarily blocking T. Boone Pickens Jr.’s Ivanhoe Partners from continuing its $72-a-share tender offer for Newmont Mining Corp. Under terms of the injunction issued by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Pickens is blocked from continuing his offer for Newmont’s common stock, from acquiring additional common stock by any other means and from any attempt to acquire, influence or control Newmont pending a further order by the court. The next court date is Oct. 9.