Starling Group
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

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