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→World Production (2010): Updated gold production table with 2018 values
Because gold is highly conductive and very resistant to [[oxidation]], it is vital in electronics. Gold plating is used on switch contacts, printed circuit boards, and device leads. There is enough gold in electronic devices to make it worthwhile to process discarded devices in order to reclaim the gold in them.
Because gold is highly conductive and very resistant to [[oxidation]], it is vital in electronics. Gold plating is used on switch contacts, printed circuit boards, and device leads. There is enough gold in electronic devices to make it worthwhile to process discarded devices in order to reclaim the gold in them.
==World Production (2010) <ref>http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf23.html</ref>==
==World Production (2018)==
Gold production by country in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gold.org/goldhub/data/historical-mine-production|title=Gold mine production by country|accessdate=2019-08-25|publisher=gold.org|date=2019-04-04}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Rank
! Production (%)
! Production (%)
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|1||[[China]]||align="right"|320,000||align="right"|13
|1||[[China]]||align="right"|404.1||align="right"|12.17
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|2||[[United States]]||align="right"|223,000||align="right"|9
|2||[[Australia]]||align="right"|314.9||align="right"|9.48
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|3||[[Australia]]||align="right"|222,000||align="right"|9
|3||[[Russian Federation]]||align="right"|297.3||align="right"|8.95
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|4||[[South Africa]]||align="right"|197,698||align="right"|8
|4||[[United States]]||align="right"|221.7||align="right"|6.67
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|5||[[Russian Federation]]||align="right"|190,693||align="right"|7
|5||[[Canada]]||align="right"|189||align="right"|5.69
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|6||[[Peru]]||align="right"|182,391||align="right"|7
|6||[[Peru]]||align="right"|158.4||align="right"|4.77
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|7||[[Indonesia]]||align="right"|130,000||align="right"|5
|7||[[Indonesia]]||align="right"|136.9||align="right"|4.12
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|8||[[Canada]]||align="right"|97,367||align="right"|3
|8||[[Ghana]]||align="right"|130.5||align="right"|3.93
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|9||[[Uzbekistan]]||align="right"|90,000||align="right"|3
|9||[[South Africa]]||align="right"|129.8||align="right"|3.91
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|10||[[Ghana]]||align="right"|86,000||align="right"|3
|10||[[Mexico]]||align="right"|115.4||align="right"|3.47
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|11||[[Papua New Guinea]]||align="right"|66,000||align="right"|2
|11||[[Brazil]]||align="right"|97.1||align="right"|2.92
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|12||[[Brazil]]||align="right"|60,000||align="right"|2
|12||[[Uzbekistan]]||align="right"|92.5||align="right"|2.78
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|13||[[Mexico]]||align="right"|51,393||align="right"|2
|13||[[Sudan]]||align="right"|76.6||align="right"|2.31
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|14||[[Colombia]]||align="right"|47,837||align="right"|1
|14||[[Papua New Guinea]]||align="right"|69.1||align="right"|2.08
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|15||[[Argentina]]||align="right"|47,000||align="right"|1
|15||[[Kazakhstan]]||align="right"|68.4||align="right"|2.06
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|16||[[Mali]]||align="right"|42,000||align="right"|1
|16||[[Mali]]||align="right"|61.2||align="right"|1.84
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|17||[[Chile]]||align="right"|40,834||align="right"|1
|17||[[Argentina]]||align="right"|60||align="right"|1.81
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|18||[[Tanzania United Republic Of]]||align="right"|40,000||align="right"|1
|18||[[Burkina Faso]]||align="right"|59.3||align="right"|1.79
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|19||[[Philippines]]||align="right"|37,047||align="right"|1
|19||[[Tanzania]]||align="right"|47.7||align="right"|1.44
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|20||[[Kazakhstan]]||align="right"|22,000||align="right"|0
|20||[[Dem. Rep. of the Congo]]||align="right"|44.9||align="right"|1.35
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|21||[[Guinea]]||align="right"|18,083||align="right"|0
|21||[[Colombia]]||align="right"|43||align="right"|1.29
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|22||[[Kyrgyzstan]]||align="right"|16,950||align="right"|0
|22||[[Zimbabwe]]||align="right"|42.2||align="right"|1.27
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|23||[[Burkina Faso]]||align="right"|13,500||align="right"|0
|23||[[Côte d'Ivoire]]||align="right"|40.9||align="right"|1.23
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|24||[[New Zealand]]||align="right"|13,442||align="right"|0
|24||[[Philippines]]||align="right"|36.8||align="right"|1.11
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|25||[[Suriname]]||align="right"|12,193||align="right"|0
|25||[[Chile]]||align="right"|36.5||align="right"|1.1
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|26||[[Turkey]]||align="right"|12,000||align="right"|0
|26||[[Suriname]]||align="right"|34.3||align="right"|1.03
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|27||[[Venezuela]]||align="right"|10,500||align="right"|0
|27||[[Dominican Republic]]||align="right"|31.6||align="right"|0.95
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|28||[[Mongolia]]||align="right"|9,803||align="right"|0
|28||[[Guinea]]||align="right"|27.3||align="right"|0.82
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|29||[[Guatemala]]||align="right"|8,485||align="right"|0
|29||[[Guyana]]||align="right"|25.6||align="right"|0.77
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|30||[[Guyana]]||align="right"|8,183||align="right"|0
|30||[[Turkey]]||align="right"|24.9||align="right"|0.75
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|31||[[Mauritania]]||align="right"|8,000||align="right"|0
|31||[[Bolivia]]||align="right"|24.1||align="right"|0.73
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|32||[[Japan]]||align="right"|7,000||align="right"|0
|32||[[Venezuela]]||align="right"|23||align="right"|0.69
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|33||[[Finland]]||align="right"|7,000||align="right"|0
|33||[[Mongolia]]||align="right"|22.6||align="right"|0.68
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|34||[[Bolivia]]||align="right"|7,000||align="right"|0
|34||[[Kyrgyz Republic]]||align="right"|22.1||align="right"|0.67
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|35||[[Côte D'ivoire]]||align="right"|6,573||align="right"|0
|35||[[Senegal]]||align="right"|17.5||align="right"|0.53
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|36||[[Senegal]]||align="right"|5,600||align="right"|0
|36||[[Egypt]]||align="right"|14.7||align="right"|0.44
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|37||[[Saudi Arabia]]||align="right"|5,500||align="right"|0
|37||[[Nigeria]]||align="right"|14||align="right"|0.42
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|38||[[Sweden]]||align="right"|5,000||align="right"|0
|38||[[Ecuador]]||align="right"|11.5||align="right"|0.35
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|39||[[Lao People's Democratic Republic ]]||align="right"|5,000||align="right"|0
|39||[[Iran]]||align="right"|11||align="right"|0.33
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|40||[[Zimbabwe]]||align="right"|4,200||align="right"|0
|40||[[Ethiopia]]||align="right"|11||align="right"|0.33
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|41||[[New Zealand]]||align="right"|9.3||align="right"|0.28
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|42||[[Finland]]||align="right"|8.3||align="right"|0.25
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|43||[[Sweden]]||align="right"|7.9||align="right"|0.24
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|44||[[Bulgaria]]||align="right"|6.8||align="right"|0.2
|}
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