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China’s ICBC Standard Bank, the world’s biggest bank by assets, has agreed to buy a massive vault in London.

中國(guó)工行標(biāo)準(zhǔn)銀行是目前世界上資產(chǎn)最多的銀行，日前其已經(jīng)同意在倫敦購(gòu)買一個(gè)大型金庫(kù)。

It will be the first Chinese lender to own a vault in London as it looks to grow its precious metals business.

這將是在倫敦?fù)碛薪饚?kù)的第一家中國(guó)銀行，籍此中國(guó)工行將發(fā)展旗下的貴金屬業(yè)務(wù)。

The vault, which is in a secret location and is being sold by Barclays, can hold up to 2,000 metric tons of gold, silver, platinum and palladium.

這個(gè)金庫(kù)由英國(guó)巴特萊銀行售出，地點(diǎn)隱秘，最多可容納2000噸的黃金、白銀、鉑金和鈀。

The deal will give ICBC more influence over trading, pricing and storage of precious metals.

這一交易將使得中國(guó)工行在貴金屬的交易、定價(jià)以及儲(chǔ)存方面更有影響力。

No financial details were given but the deal is expected to be completed in July.

目前雙方都沒有披露更多的金融信息，但是這筆交易預(yù)計(jì)將在7月份的時(shí)候完成。

China accounts for more than a quarter of global gold demand but trading of the yellow metal remains centred out of London and New York. Around $5tn (3.5tn pounds) in transactions were handled in London’s bullion market last year.

中國(guó)的黃金需求占據(jù)了全世界需求總量的四分之一，但是黃金貿(mào)易目前仍然是以倫敦和紐約為中心。去年，倫敦黃金市場(chǎng)的成交量達(dá)到了5萬億美元(約合3.5萬億英鎊)。

ICBC Standard Bank’s head of commodities Mark Buncombe said the purchase "enables us to better execute on our strategy to become one of the largest Chinese banks in the precious metals market".

中國(guó)工行標(biāo)準(zhǔn)銀行商品部負(fù)責(zé)人馬克·邦科姆說，這筆交易“使我們能夠更好地執(zhí)行我們的戰(zhàn)略，成為貴金屬市場(chǎng)上最大的中國(guó)銀行之一。”

Last week, ICBC became a member of London’s precious metals clearing system, which is where trades are settled.

上周，中國(guó)工行成為了倫敦貴金屬結(jié)算系統(tǒng)的成員，貴重金屬的交易都在這里進(jìn)行。

As ICBC takes on more Western clients, the bank needs infrastructure close by to store the physical gold or metals.

由于越來越多的西方客戶業(yè)務(wù)，中國(guó)工行需要就近的設(shè)施來儲(chǔ)存實(shí)體黃金和其他貴重金屬。

Barclays, meanwhile, is exiting the precious metals business as part of a restructuring aimed at making the bank smaller and more focused.

而與此同時(shí)，巴克萊銀行正在推出貴金屬市場(chǎng)。這家銀行真計(jì)劃重組，使得自己更小、更專注。

The vault is one of the largest in Europe and took more than a year to build.

被交易的這個(gè)金庫(kù)是歐洲最大的金庫(kù)之一，耗費(fèi)了一年的時(shí)間來建造。

It was opened in 2012 by Barclays, which says it is located within the M25 motorway that circles London.

巴克萊銀行在2012年將其投入使用。據(jù)稱，該金庫(kù)位于環(huán)繞倫敦的M25高速公路上(的某段)。

The London bullion market has seven providers of vault storage services, including the Bank of England, HSBC and JPMorgan Chase.

倫敦黃金市場(chǎng)一共有7家提供倉(cāng)儲(chǔ)服務(wù)的供應(yīng)商，包括英國(guó)銀行，匯豐銀行和摩根大通。