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OTHER EXPENSE (INCOME) (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Other Operating Income (Expense) [Abstract]  
Operating expense (income)
Other expense (income)
For the years ended December 31
2017

2016

Other Expense:
 
 
Bank charges

$23


$20

Bulyanhulu reduced operations program costs1
53

—

Litigation
24

—

Miscellaneous write-offs
11

—

Other
43

15

Total other expense

$154


$35

Other Income:
 
 
(Gain) loss on sale of long-lived assets2

($911
)

$42

Office closure
—

(4
)
Other
(42
)
(13
)
Total other income

($953
)

$25

Total

($799
)

$60

1 
Primarily consists of severance, contractor, and inventory write-down costs.
2 
2017 includes gains of $718 million from the 50% sale of Veladero and $193 million from the 25% sale of Cerro Casale. 2016 includes losses of $17 million from the sale of Bald Mountain and Round Mountain, and $39 million from the sale of Zaldívar.
Loss on currency translation
Loss on currency translation
For the years ended December 31
2017

2016

Currency translation losses released as a result of the disposal and reorganization of entities

$11


$91

Foreign currency translation losses
61

108

Total

$72


$199