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Newmont to become largest gold producer with $10 billion purchase of Goldcorp

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Benny
Reuters
Monday, January 14, 2019

Newmont Mining Corp said today it would buy smaller rival Goldcorp Inc. in a deal worth $10 billion, creating the world's biggest gold producer in the face of dwindling easy-to-find reserves of the precious metal.

Bank of China to enable payment in yuan on U.S. e-commerce platforms

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Tom Daly
Reuters
Sunday, January 13, 2019

BEIJING -- Bank of China's New York branch will enable Chinese firms to receive payment in yuan rather than dollars from their sales on U.S. e-commerce platforms this year, the official Xinhua news agency reported today.

Sea shells? Oxen? Zimbabwe plans a new currency as dollar shortage bites

Section: Daily Dispatches

Another resource- and gold-rich country insisting on being poor.

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By MacDonald Dzirutwe
Bloomberg News
Saturday, January 12, 2019

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe will introduce a new currency in the next 12 months, the country's finance minister said, as a shortage of U.S. dollars plunges the financial system into disarray, forcing businesses to close and threatening unrest.

Ronan Manly: Separating truth from fiction in China's golden game of poker

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:48p ET Saturday, January 12, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Tocqueville gold letter: Explosion in U.S. debt foretells dollar's devaluation against gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:48a ET Saturday, January 12, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In the Tocqueville gold letter for January, fund manager John Hathaway argues that the explosion of U.S. government debt to banana republic levels foretells a big devaluation of the dollar against gold. (Just don't ask him why it hasn't happened already.)

Yellow vest protesters aim to crash French banking system

Section: Daily Dispatches

Yellow Vest Protesters to Withdraw All Their Euros in Massive Run on French Banks

From News Corp., Associated Press, and Agence France-Presse
via News Corp. Australia, Sydney
Thursday, January 10, 2019

Barrick Gold's new CEO dismisses Canada HQ debate as 'hysteria'

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Dnaielle Bochove
Bloomberg News
Thursday, January 10, 2019

Barrick Gold Corp.'s new chief executive is surprised by the "hysteria" over whether the world's largest gold miner will remain a Canadian company.

4 on trial in theft of huge gold coin from Berlin museum

Section: Daily Dispatches

From the Associated Press, New York
Thursday, January 10, 2019

https://www.apnews.com/783eafeee37b4eeeaf178534c465ae43

BERLIN -- Four young men have gone on trial over the brazen theft of a 100-kilogram (221-pound) Canadian gold coin from a Berlin museum.

The "Big Maple Leaf" coin, worth several million dollars, was stolen from the Bode Museum in March 2017.

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