The odd couple that will lead the world's new number one in gold; John Thornton and Mark Bristow to run $18bn Barrick Gold and Randgold combination Henry Sanderson and Neil Hume – FT The $18bn combination of Canada's Barrick Gold and London's Randgold Resources brings together two of the biggest personalities in the mining industry: a former highflying banker from Goldman Sachs and a pugnacious South African miner and geologist. /jlne.ws/2DtCIQc