"One 10 oz bar can be worth around $28,000 more or less depending on the price of gold at the time," Amin said. The first purchase on May 15th was $123,000 worth, then $249,000.

KB Kookmin said Wednesday that it decided to halt gold bar sales. Woori, Shinhan and Hana, with suppliers other than KOMSCO, will be able to sell them. Woori’s sale will be limited to 1 kilogram ...

The funding drew notice late last year when an EPA employee compared the funding to gold bars being thrown off the Titanic. “EPA needs to reassume responsibility for all of these funds.