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2012 world gold output (in kilograms) Trends in five of the top seven gold-producing countries. This is a list of countries by gold production in 2022. [1] Until 2006, South Africa was the world's largest gold producer.
Number Name of mine Production (Location Citations 1: Olimpiada mine: 1,998,000 Russia [1]2: Grasberg mine: 1,798,000 Indonesia [2]3: Muruntau mine: 1,700,000 Uzbekistan
AngloGold Ashanti – world's 3rd biggest gold producer (but has very high cash costs per ounce) at 3.944 million ounces in 2012. [80] AngloGold is also South Africa's largest producer of uranium (1.46 million pounds in 2010), a position that was strengthened in July 2011 when it acquired 20% of Canada's First Uranium. [81]
Newmont Mining said it will buy smaller rival Goldcorp for 10 billion, becoming the world's biggest gold producer, just as gold reserves are declining. Fred Katayama reports.
In 2022, China mined 403 tons of gold. Data indicates the marginal costs are often above the world price for gold. [2] For the year 2007, gold output rose 12% from 2006 to 276 tonnes (9,700,000 oz; 304 short tons) to become the world's largest for the first time—overtaking South Africa, which produced 272 tonnes (9,600,000 oz; 300 short tons ...
World gold production was 3,612 tonnes in 2022. [36] As of 2020, the world's largest gold producer was China with 368.3 tonnes of gold mined in that year. The second-largest producer of gold was Russia where 331.1 tonnes was mined in the same year, followed by Australia with 327.8 tonnes. [37]
Diamond and gold production are now well down from their peaks, though South Africa is still fifth in worldwide gold production, [3] but remains a cornucopia of mineral riches. It is the world's largest producer [4] of chrome, manganese, platinum, vanadium and vermiculite. It is the second largest producer [4] of ilmenite, palladium, rutile and ...
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