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OTHER EXPENSE (INCOME) (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Other Operating Income (Expense) [Abstract] |
Operating expense (income) | A) Other Expense (Income)
| For the three months ended June 30 |  | For the six months ended June 30 |
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
Other expense: |  |  |  |
Bank charges |  | $3 |  |  | $7 |  |  | $8 |  |  | $14 |
Bulyanhulu reduced operations program cost 1 | 6 |  | 9 |  | 12 |  | 17 |
Insurance payment to Porgera JV | — |  | 13 |  | — |  | 13 |
Litigation | 9 |  | (1 | ) | 19 |  | 26 |
Miscellaneous write-offs | — |  | 3 |  | 2 |  | 4 |
Acacia - other | 4 |  | 4 |  | 5 |  | 5 |
Other | — |  | 9 |  | 8 |  | 18 |
Total other expense |  | $22 |  |  | $44 |  |  | $54 |  |  | $97 |
Other income: |  |  |  |
Gain on sale of long-lived assets |  | ($12 | ) |  | ($2 | ) |  | ($12 | ) |  | ($48 | )
Other | (3 | ) | (4 | ) | (8 | ) | (10 | )
Total other income |  | ($15 | ) |  | ($6 | ) |  | ($20 | ) |  | ($58 | )
Total | 7 |  | 38 |  | 34 |  | 39 |
1 | Primarily relates to care and maintenance costs.
Impairment (Reversals) Charges | B) Impairment Charges
| For the three months ended June 30 |  | For the six months ended June 30 |
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
Impairment of non-current assets 1 |  | $12 |  |  | $35 |  |  | $15 |  |  | $37 |
Impairment of intangibles 1 | — |  | 24 |  | — |  | 24 |
Total |  | $12 |  |  | $59 |  |  | $15 |  |  | $61 |
For the six months ended June 30, 2019, we recorded impairments of $15 million (2018: $61 million impairments) for non-current assets.

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