Gold Mining

 

 





 


History of Gold Properties of Gold Gold Mining in Europe
Application areas of Gold Environmental, Health and Safety aspects of gold mining



Gold Mining in Europe


Key figures

Key figures - Europe

How gold is mined

Cyanide in Gold Mining


Gold recovery from non-gold mines and scrap recycling


The European Gold Centre

International Cyanide Management Code


Key figures - Europe

In the EU32 Turkey (41 per cent of the EU32 total) and Sweden (20 per cent) were the largest producers in 2008, although the EU32 countries produced only one per cent of the world output in 2008. (European Mineral Statistics 2004-2008, BGS 2010).



Source: European Mineral Statistics 2004-2008, BGS 2010


Source: European Mineral Statistics 2004-2008, BGS 2010


Source: European Mineral Statistics 2004-2008, BGS 2010


1 *In this text ‘Europe’ is defined as the 27 EU Member States (as of February 2008), the EU associates Norway and Switzerland and the EU candidate countries Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey; this group of 32 countries is for convenience referred to as ‘EU32’.