South African Randgold finally merged with Canada’s Barrick Gold. The transaction, which represents $ 18.3 billion, excluding debt, gives birth to the world’s number one gold in terms of market capitalization. Before the merger, Randgold had a capitalization of 4.6 billion pounds (5.12 billion euros) while Barrick Gold was worth 18.78 billion Canadian dollars (12.4…...
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