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Bre-X was a group of companies in Canada. Bre-X Minerals Ltd., a major part of Bre-X based in Calgary, was involved in a major gold mining scandal when it reported it was sitting on an enormous gold deposit at Busang [id], East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Bre-X bought the Busang site in March 1993 and in October 1995 announced significant amounts of ...
Indonesia gold mine collapses after landslide, killing 15. September 27, 2024 at 4:18 AM. JAKARTA (Reuters) - At least 15 people died in the collapse of an illegal gold mine in Indonesia's ...
The Grasberg mine has one of the largest reserves of gold and copper in the world. [2][3] It is located in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia near Puncak Jaya. It is operated by PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI, see below), a joint venture among the government of Indonesia, government of Central Papua, and American company Freeport-McMoRan (FCX).
World's gold from 1845 to 2013, in tonnes (metric tons in the U.S.) World's gold holdings per capita, in grams Gold holdings are the quantities of gold held by individuals, private corporations, or public entities as a store of value, an investment vehicle, or perceived as protection against hyperinflation and against financial and/or political upheavals.
This is a list of countries by gold production in 2022. [1] Until 2006, South Africa was the world's largest gold producer. In 2007, increasing production from other countries and declining production from South Africa meant that China became the largest producer, although no country has approached the scale of South Africa's period of peak ...
The Martabe mine is an open pit mine that is one of the largest gold mines in western Sumatra island, Indonesia and in the world. [1] This mine also mines silver. The Martable mine will continued to be mined unit 2032. In 2022, various processing plant facilities were added and refined to support world-class gold and silver mining operations. [2]
Gold smuggling was rampant in India until liberalisation, which repealed The Gold (Control) Act, 1968 that prohibited the import of gold except for jewellery. [4] In the 2011–12 period India's current account deficit burgeoned to 4.2% of its GDP. [5] This was due to high prices of oil and gold, which the country imports in huge volumes. [6]
e. The Corruption Perceptions Index(CPI) is an index that scores and ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector[1]corruption, as assessed by experts and business executives.[2] The CPI generally defines corruption as an "abuse of entrusted power for private gain". [3]: 2 The index is published annually by the non-governmental ...