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This is a list of the largest gold mines by 2022 annual production, measured in troy ounces. Number Name of mine Production Location Citations 1: Olimpiada mine:
In 1970, South Africa produced 995 tonnes or 32 million ounces of gold, two-thirds of the world's production of 47.5 million ounces. [2] Production figures are for primary mine production. In the US, for example, for the year 2011, secondary sources (new and old scrap) exceeded primary production. [3]
The following are lists of gold mines and are subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines that have substantial gold output, organized by country. North America
The lower price of gold in 2013 is expected to impact gold production in the coming years; Barrick Gold is slowing construction at one of its largest gold projects Pascua Lama (18 m ounces of gold, 676 m ounces of silver) while in Australia mines are being shuttered by companies in an attempt to curb costs. [7] [8]
List of gold mines in Canada; List of nickel mines in Canada; List of mines in Alberta; List of mines in British Columbia; List of mines in Manitoba; List of mines in New Brunswick; List of mines in Newfoundland and Labrador; List of mines in the Northwest Territories; List of mines in Nova Scotia; List of mines in Nunavut; List of mines in Ontario
The largest gold producer is the Fort Knox mine, a large open pit and cyanide leaching operation in the Fairbanks mining district, which in 2019 produced 200,263 gold equivalent ounces. [9] The Pogo (159,344 ounces) and Kensington (127,914 ounces) [ 10 ] gold mines and the Greens Creek polymetallic mine (56,625 ounces) accounted for the ...
Expected to be the largest gold mine on the planet once it's completed, Barrick Gold's Pascua-Lama mine recently saw the Chilean government halt construction. The company reports that it expects ...
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. [38] In 2023, the annual gold demand of 4,448 tonnes was 5% below that of 2022.