<SUBMISSION>
<ACCESSION-NUMBER>0001164727-06-000068
<TYPE>4
<PUBLIC-DOCUMENT-COUNT>1
<PERIOD>20060426
<FILING-DATE>20060428
<DATE-OF-FILING-DATE-CHANGE>20060428
<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>PRESCOTT JOHN B
<CIK>0001169706
</OWNER-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
<FORM-TYPE>4
<ACT>34
<FILE-NUMBER>001-31240
<FILM-NUMBER>06788672
</FILING-VALUES>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<PHONE>61396422518
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>LEVEL 28, 140 WILLIAM ST
<STREET2>MELBOURNE VICTORIA
<CITY>AUSTRALIA
<STATE>C3
<ZIP>3000
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>NEWMONT MINING CORP /DE/
<CIK>0001164727
<ASSIGNED-SIC>1040
<IRS-NUMBER>841611629
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
</COMPANY-DATA>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>1700 LINCOLN STREET
<CITY>DENVER
<STATE>CO
<ZIP>80203
<PHONE>303-863-7414
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>1700 LINCOLN STREET
<CITY>DENVER
<STATE>CO
<ZIP>80203
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
<FORMER-COMPANY>
<FORMER-CONFORMED-NAME>DELTA HOLDCO CORP
<DATE-CHANGED>20020109
</FORMER-COMPANY>
</ISSUER>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>edgar.xml
<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
<XML>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-04-26</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001164727</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NEWMONT MINING CORP /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NEM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001169706</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>PRESCOTT JOHN B</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1700 LINCOLN STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DENVER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>80203</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $1.60 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-04-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1300</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>57.71</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5024</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan for Newmont Mining Corporation (the &quot;Company&quot;) the reporting person was awarded director stock units that are immediately fully vested and entitle the reporting person to receive 1,300 shares of the Company's common stock which are issued upon retirement from the board of directors of the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The Reporting Person holds 3,600 common shares indirectly by Middle Crescent Pty Ltd, as the trustee for The Prescott Family Superannuation Fund.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Ardis Young, Assistant Secretary, as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-04-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SUBMISSION>
