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OTHER EXPENSE (INCOME) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Other Operating Income (Expense) [Abstract] |
OTHER EXPENSE (INCOME) | OTHER EXPENSE (INCOME) a) Other expense (income)
For the years ended December 31 | 2018 |  | 2017 |
Other Expense: |  |
Litigation 1 | 68 |  | 24 |
Write-offs 2 | 51 |  | 11 |
Bulyanhulu reduced operations program costs 3 | 29 |  | 53 |
Bank charges | 22 |  | 23 |
Insurance payment to Porgera | 13 |  | — |
Acacia - other | 11 |  | 20 |
Other | 28 |  | 23 |
Total other expense |  | $222 |  |  | $154 |
Other Income: |  |
Gain on sale of long-lived assets 4 |  | ($68 | ) |  | ($911 | )
Insurance proceeds related to Kalgoorlie | (24 | ) | — |
Interest Income | (22 | ) | (17 | )
Other | (18 | ) | (25 | )
Total other income |  | ($132 | ) |  | ($953 | )
Total |  | $90 |  |  | ($799 | )
1 | Primarily consists of Acacia legal fees, and a settlement dispute regarding a historical supplier contract acquired as part of the Equinox acquisition in 2011.
2 | 2018 primarily relates to a $43 million write-off of a Western Australia long-term stamp duty receivable.
3 | Primarily consists of severance, contractor and inventory write-down costs.
4 | 2018 includes a gain of $45 million from the sale of a royalty asset at Acacia. 2017 includes gains of $718 million from the 50% sale of Veladero and $193 million from the 25% sale of Cerro Casale.
b) Loss on currency translation
For the years ended December 31 | 2018 |  | 2017 |
Currency translation losses released as a result of the disposal and reorganization of entities |  | $— |  |  | $11 |
Foreign currency translation losses | 136 |  | 61 |
Total |  | $136 |  |  | $72 |

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