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Major Producers

kelsi_brennan — 2015-11-06 04:00:22 UTC

China: 355 metric tons per year

Australia: 270 metric tons per year

United States: 237 metric tons per year

Russia: 200 metric tons per year

South Africa: 190 metric tons per year

Peru: 150 metric tons per year

Canada: 110 metric tons per year

Indonesia: 100 metric tons per year

Ghana: 100 metric tons per year

Major Consumers

kelsi_brennan — 2015-11-06 04:04:16 UTC

India, China, United States, Turkey, Germany, Thailand, Russia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Products that use Gold

kelsi_brennan — 2015-11-06 04:10:52 UTC

-Jewlery

-Coinage

-Bullion

-Currency backing

-Electircal conductor

-Circuits

-Appliances

-Cell phones

-Dental work

-Gilding

Gold Mining Process

kelsi_brennan — 2015-11-06 04:13:27 UTC

1.) location drilling

2.) blasting

3.) mining

4.) hauling

5.) crushing

6.) milling

7.) leaching

8.) processing

9.) pouring

Environmental Concern

kelsi_brennan — 2015-11-06 04:15:07 UTC

The mining of gold creates very big amounts of toxic waste, making the biggest amount of pollution form any type of mining. Gold mining ruins the land, polluted rivers, and is a contributed to the damage done to the Amazon.

Manufacturing Process for Coinage

kelsi_brennan — 2015-11-06 04:19:57 UTC

1.) Pre-melt: golds purity is determined.

2.) Chlorination: chlorine gas is injected to the molten metal mix.

3.) Degolding: soda ash is added to the molten chloride slag recovered from chlorination. The gold particles then collect at the bottom.

4.) Electrolysis: brings the golf to 9999 purity.

5.) Final pour: gold is cast into bars of various sizes or turned into granulation gold.

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