Producing Countries
The World’s Top Twenty Producing Countries in 2000(tonnes)(1999 figures in brackets)
|
2000 |
1999 |
Country |
Qty. in 1999 |
Qty. in 2000 |
|
1 |
(1) |
South Africa |
450 |
428 |
|
2 |
(2) |
United States |
342 |
355 |
|
3 |
(3) |
Australia |
300 |
296 |
|
4 |
(5) |
China |
156 |
162 |
|
5 |
(4) |
Canada |
158 |
156 |
|
6 |
(7) |
Russia |
138 |
155 |
|
7 |
(6) |
Indonesia |
152 |
139 |
|
8 |
(8) |
Peru |
128 |
133 |
|
9 |
(9) |
Uzbekistan |
86 |
86 |
|
10 |
(11) |
Papua New Guinea |
65 |
76 |
|
11 |
(10) |
Ghana |
78 |
71 |
|
12 |
(12) |
Brazil |
54 |
53 |
|
13 |
(13) |
Chile |
48 |
50 |
|
14 |
(15) |
Philippines |
33 |
35 |
|
15 |
(17) |
Mali |
25 |
30 |
|
16 |
(18) |
Mexico |
23 |
27 |
|
17 |
(14) |
Argentina |
35 |
26 |
|
18 |
(20) |
Kyrgyzstan |
20 |
22 |
|
19 |
(16) |
Zimbabwe |
30 |
21 |
|
20 |
(19) |
Colombia |
21 |
21 |
| Source: Gold Fields Mineral Services, London |

