Saturday, September 6, 2008

World Gold production and consumption

How much gold does world produce?

I got hold of two sources to check for consistency - 

2007 stats
- 2444 metric ton
- No single country dominating gold production. Max by any country is less than 12%
- China moved to the top followed by Australia and US. Most of the gold for US comes from Nevada
- Demand exceeded supply in 2007
- 68% of the gold is used for jwelleries
- Supply has been dropping since a couple of years

A very good read on gold with a lot of numbers - http://www.gold.org/deliver.php?file=/assets/file/marketknowledge/GoldMktKnowledgeSuppDem.pdf

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