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7.4 Tons of Venezuela’s Gold Landed in Africa and Vanished
- Scoundreller 7y ago> Gold from AGR has made its way into supply chains at U.S. companies including General Motors Co. , General Electric Co. and Starbucks Corp. , What do Starbucks and GM use gold for?
- sitkack 7y agoStarbucks probably paint and lettering on coffee cups. GM, circuit boards. https://geology.com/minerals/gold/uses-of-gold.shtml https://geology.com/minerals/gold/uses-of-gold.shtml
- other_products 7y agoActually, I'd estimate that it's for use on decorative mugs, coffee containers, and the rims of sets of glassware, stuff like that. I don't think they'd dump that much on gold leaf or flake pigment for disposable items. It's more likely for durable, reusable kitchen items, where non-corroding gold surface lends practical utility to consumer facing goods. Either that, or there's a trade secret in their large scale industrial processes, that demands an amount of gold plated hardware to withstand amounts of heat and corrosion to protect flavor or some other quality control measure.
- gene_vache 7y ago> Secret deliveries to a refinery in Uganda expose a global underground economy many suspect is helping Nicolás Maduro cling to power How dare the government of Venezuela dispose of its own gold. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-31/store-your-gold-bank-england-and-you-might-never-see-it-again-0 https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-31/store-your-gold-ba...
- gene_vache 7y agoWhy was this flagged? - quote - dfeojm-zlib 34 minutes ago [flagged] [dead] [-] More corporatist propaganda FUD desperately trying to undercut democratically-elected governments. - unquote -
- jimmywanger 7y agoWhen they have liabilities that are due?
- wrong_variable 7y agoGold being transported in brown cardboard paper. Breaking Bad was not some manual.
- dfeojm-zlib 7y agoMore corporatist propaganda FUD desperately trying to undercut democratically-elected governments.
- SomeOldThrow 7y agoI applaud any actions that dodge US sanctions.