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Gold
Gold is soft, shiny, yellow, heavy, stable, malleable, ductile
transition metal, which has the symbol Au in the periodic table. Gold
does not corrode or rust (and therefore is well suited for its use in
coin and jewellery). It does not react with most chemicals but is
attacked by chlorine and aqua regia. It conducts electricity and heat
very well.
The metal occurs mainly uncombined as nuggets in rocks and alluvial
deposits and is one of the coinage metals.
Its physical and chemical properties make it ideal for a number of
applications: as a monetary standard, coinage, in jewellery, in
photography, dentistry and in electronics.
Links:
-World Bureau of Metal
Statistics - Statistics 2000 - 2003
-World
Gold Council,
-The Gold Institute,
-GoldAvenue
Gold Production
Thousand Tonnes
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008 |
| Europe |
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| Bulgaria |
2.431 |
3.868 |
3.818 |
3.964 |
4.160 |
| Finland |
1.360 |
1.296 |
1.307 |
1.620 |
1.600 |
| France |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Italy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Macedonia |
0 |
400 |
400 |
450 |
450 |
| Poland |
600 |
900 |
1.300 |
650 |
924 |
| Romania |
1.430 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
| Russia (Europe) |
11.851 |
11.423 |
11.154 |
10.983 |
12.914 |
| Serbia & Montenegro |
328 |
330 |
330 |
330 |
330 |
| Slovakia |
107 |
109 |
84 |
92 |
91 |
| Spain |
5.248 |
2.145 |
1.565 |
0 |
0 |
| Sweden |
6.564 |
6.564 |
6.848 |
5.159 |
5.341 |
| Turkey |
3.260 |
4.170 |
8.040 |
9.920 |
11.120 |
| Ukraine |
70
|
70
|
70
|
70
|
70 |
| Yugoslavia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| total |
33.249 |
31.775 |
35.416 |
33.738 |
37.500 |
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| Asia
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|
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|
|
|
Armenia
|
2.112 |
1.373 |
867 |
565 |
565 |
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China
|
212.350 |
225.000 |
247.200 |
270.490 |
275.285 |
| DPR
Korea |
6.000 |
6.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| India |
3.714 |
3.086 |
2.424 |
2.959 |
2.669 |
|
Indonesia
|
86.855 |
142.894 |
138.992 |
117.851 |
64.390 |
| Iran |
900 |
275 |
850 |
850 |
850 |
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Japan
|
8.021 |
8.319 |
8.904 |
8.869 |
6.868 |
| Kazakhstan |
15.900 |
16.000 |
16.200 |
22.564 |
20.825 |
| Korea |
229 |
251 |
277 |
162 |
161 |
| Kyrgystan |
20.445 |
16.751 |
10.721 |
10.572 |
18.132 |
| Laos |
4.392 |
6.338 |
6.068 |
4.161 |
4.333 |
| Malaysia |
4.221 |
4.249 |
3.497 |
2.913 |
2.490 |
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Mongolia
|
18.500 |
24.122 |
21.267 |
17.473 |
15.184 |
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Myanmar
|
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| Oman |
211 |
384 |
358 |
248 |
118 |
| Philippines |
35.464 |
37.488 |
36.098 |
38.792 |
35.568 |
| Russia (Asia) |
157.446 |
151.763 |
148.186 |
145.928 |
171.574 |
| Saudi
Arabia |
8.268 |
7.456 |
5.182 |
4.400 |
4.527 |
| Tajikistan |
2.161 |
1.927 |
1.920 |
1.920 |
2.000 |
| Thailand |
4.507 |
4.393 |
3.470 |
3.401 |
2.721 |
| Uzbekistan |
88.350 |
84.210 |
76.620 |
72.850 |
73.200 |
| total |
680.146 |
772.379 |
729.201 |
727.068 |
701.560 |
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| America |
|
|
|
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| Argentina |
28.466 |
27.904 |
44.131 |
42.021 |
42.142 |
| Bolivia |
6.951 |
8.871 |
9.628 |
8.818 |
8.431 |
| Brazil |
47.598 |
38.293 |
40.075 |
49.613 |
55.153 |
| Canada |
130.727 |
120.541 |
104.448 |
102.377 |
95.736 |
| Chile |
39.986 |
40.447 |
42.100 |
41.527 |
39.162 |
| Colombia |
37.739 |
20.716 |
21.165 |
15.432 |
34.321 |
| Costa Rica |
150 |
424 |
1.250 |
2.065 |
500 |
| Cuba |
500 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dominican Republic |
530 |
500 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Ecuador |
5.128 |
5.337 |
5.168 |
3.186 |
3.240 |
| French Guiana |
2.773 |
1.955 |
2.000 |
2.000 |
2.000 |
| Georgia |
1.377 |
1.620 |
2.400 |
3.100 |
3.100 |
| Guatemala |
0 |
741 |
5.036 |
7.067 |
7.488 |
| Guyana |
11.478 |
8.325 |
6.405 |
7.412 |
8.123 |
| Honduras |
3.683 |
4.438 |
4.055 |
3.012 |
1.846 |
| Jamaica |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Mexico |
21.818 |
26.782 |
35.900 |
39.300 |
40.000 |
| Nicaragua |
4.064 |
3.674 |
3.395 |
3.330 |
2.960 |
| Panama |
890 |
880 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Peru |
173.219 |
207.822 |
202.822 |
170.127 |
179.870 |
| Suriname |
8.513 |
10.619 |
9.362 |
8.585 |
10.290 |
| United States |
258.000 |
255.757 |
252.000 |
238.000 |
233.327 |
| Uruguay |
1.758 |
2.930 |
2.800 |
3.172 |
2.429 |
| Venezuela |
9.690 |
10.480 |
11.600 |
10.092 |
10.100 |
| total |
795.058 |
799.056 |
805.740 |
760.236 |
780.218 |
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| Africa |
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| Algeria |
597 |
641 |
377 |
236 |
647 |
| Botswana |
162 |
2.709 |
3.020 |
2.722 |
3.176 |
| Burkina Faso |
1.008 |
1.397 |
1.571 |
2.350 |
2.300 |
| Burundi |
3.229 |
3.905 |
4.313 |
2.423 |
2.168 |
| Cameroon |
600 |
600 |
600 |
600 |
600 |
| Central African Rep. |
7 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Congo |
60 |
20 |
10 |
10 |
100 |
| Congo, D.R. |
10.500 |
9.000 |
11.700 |
10.200 |
10.500 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
1.219 |
1.638 |
1.600 |
1.243 |
2.665 |
| Eritrea |
33 |
25 |
44 |
87 |
32 |
| Ethiopia |
3.490 |
3.726 |
3.828 |
3.300 |
3.465 |
| Gabon |
300 |
300 |
300 |
300 |
300 |
| Ghana |
63.139 |
66.852 |
66.205 |
77.349 |
79.468 |
| Guinea |
15.593 |
25.097 |
16.922 |
15.688 |
20.000 |
| Kenya |
567 |
616 |
432 |
3.023 |
340 |
| Liberia |
111 |
27 |
9 |
311 |
300 |
| Madagascar |
40 |
55 |
130 |
210 |
210 |
| Mali |
37.915 |
44.156 |
51.957 |
48.850 |
52.700 |
| Mauritania |
0 |
0 |
322 |
2.251 |
6.282 |
| Morocco |
1.493 |
1.500 |
1.500 |
1.500 |
1.500 |
| Mozambique |
56 |
63 |
85 |
97 |
298 |
| Namibia |
2.205 |
2.703 |
2.790 |
2.496 |
2.126 |
| Niger |
1.590 |
4.962 |
2.615 |
3.427 |
2.314 |
| Nigeria |
30 |
30 |
40 |
180 |
200 |
| Rwanda |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Senegal |
600 |
600 |
600 |
600 |
600 |
| Sierra Leone |
20 |
21 |
82 |
215 |
212 |
| South Africa |
337.223 |
294.803 |
272.128 |
252.600 |
212.744 |
| Sudan |
5.000 |
4.739 |
3.158 |
2.703 |
2.276 |
| Tanzania |
48.176 |
47.270 |
39.750 |
40.193 |
36.636 |
| Uganda |
1.537 |
1.500 |
2.192 |
2.543 |
2.700 |
| Zambia |
0 |
443 |
964 |
1.269 |
1.693 |
| Zimbabwe |
21.330 |
13.453 |
11.354 |
7.018 |
3.576 |
| total |
557.233 |
532.220 |
500.608 |
486.004 |
452.138 |
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| Oceania |
|
|
|
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| Australia |
259.000 |
263.000 |
246.000 |
246.000 |
214.000 |
| Fiji |
4.033 |
2.793 |
1.403 |
29 |
638 |
| New Zealand |
10.151 |
10.583 |
10.680 |
10.762 |
16.274 |
| Papua New Guinea |
73.670 |
68.483 |
58.348 |
57.754 |
67.436 |
| Solomon Islands |
60 |
20 |
20 |
10 |
141 |
| total |
346.914 |
344.879 |
316.451 |
314.555 |
298.489
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| WORLD
TOTAL |
2.501.562 |
2.122.148 |
2.337.079 |
2.305.128 |
2.269.905 |
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