China is buying one of London's biggest gold vaults
The Chinese state-owned ICBC Standard Bank, the world's biggest bank by assets, has agreed to buy Barclays precious metals storage business, including its state-of-the-art storage facility in London.
The deal will boost China's access to London's gold market, and expand the country's role in the gold business.
The vault is in a secret location in London, and can store 2,000 tonnes of gold and other precious metals. At current prices, up to $90 billion worth of gold could be stored inside.
Barclays has previously announced a move away from the precious metal business. The bank opened the facility in 2012.
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