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Gold Mining in Europe
Key figures
Where Gold is found
How gold is mined
Cyanide in Gold Mining
Gold recovery from non-gold mines and scrap recycling
Where Gold is found
South Africa has undoubtedly the largest gold reserves in the
world. However traces of mines
yielding the precious metal dating from prehistoric times have
been found in Europe, e.g. in
Thrace and in other areas around the Aegean.
These historical locations, which have extremely rich natural
ores, will probably see the develop-
ment of new mining sites shortly. Also Europe holds important
gold deposits. Russia is the largest
European gold producer, with some 152 tons mined in 2001, followed
by Sweden (5 tons) and
Spain (3.3 tons) . Turkey has also become an area of focus for
international mining companies.
Turkey produced some 4.2 tons of gold in 2002 and 1.7 tons in
2001.
Source: World Metal Statistics December 2005, World Bureau
of Metal Statistics
The northern part of Europe, in particular Sweden and Finland,
has shown to be an area with
large potential for gold mining. The major mining companies
in the world are actively involved
in gold exploration in these countries, and new mines are near
commissioning in Sweden and
Finland.
Source: World official gold holdings (December 2005), World
Gold Council
Examples: Boliden, Sweden, Greece, Perama, Thracean Gold Mining,
Sapes Thrace Minerals,
Turkey, Ovacik, Spain, Villalba, El Valle Mine
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