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Sale of last commodity asset ends 35-year chapter for Goldman

Disposal of Columbian coal mine is latest sign of US banks' response to poor returns, pressure from regulators

Published Sun, Aug 16, 2015 · 09:50 PM

London

GOLDMAN Sachs Group Inc closed a nearly 35-year era of investments in commodity assets such as power plants and refineries with the sale of a Colombian coal mine.

The disposal is the latest sign of how Wall Street banks are responding to pressure from US regulators and disappointing returns as raw materials prices plunged.

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