Gold
Production / Reserves :
- Total amount of Gold ever produced :
- Total volume of Gold ever produced :
- Total Gold reserves left (not mined)
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142,600
(*) Metric Tons (est. as of 2002)
A cube of 19.47 meters sides (63' 10")
100,000 Tons (est. by USGS as of 2002) |
Gold
Mining / Market Demand :
- World Annual Mine Production :
- World Annual Market demand : |
+/- 2,500 Metric Tons (now declining)
3,762 Tons (2001), up from 1,500 Tons in 1984 |
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Monetary
Gold Reserves :
- 2001 World Central Banks Reserves :
- 2001 US Gold Reserves : |
32,988 Tons (US$ 396 Billion at 01/03 Prices)
8,149 Tons (US$ 97.8 Billion at 01/03 Prices) |
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Gold
Characteristics :
- Density :
- Size of a Metric Ton :
- Chemical symbol :
- Melting point : |
19.32
Cube of 32.27 Cm sides (1' 3")
Au (from Latin Aurum)
1,064° centigrade (1,947° Fahrenheit) |