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DisclaimerBy: AnyGoldNow | Date: 08.01.2004
Gold Production / Reserves:
- Total amount of Gold ever produced:
142,600 (*) Metric Tons (est. as of 2002)
- Total volume of Gold ever produced: A cube of 19.47 meters sides (63' 10")
- Total Gold reserves left (not mined): 100,000 Tons (est. by USGS as of 2002)
Gold Mining / Market Demand:
- World Annual Mine Production: +/- 2,500 Metric Tons (now declining)
- World Annual Market demand: 3,762 Tons (2001), up from 1,500 Tons in 1984
Monetary Gold Reserves:
- 2001 World Central Banks Reserves: 32,988 Tons (US$ 396 Billion at 01/03 Prices)
- 2001 US Gold Reserves: 8,149 Tons (US$ 97.8 Billion at 01/03 Prices)
Gold Characteristics:
- Density: 19.32
- Size of a Metric Ton: Cube of 32.27 Cm sides (1' 3")
- Chemical symbol: Au (from Latin Aurum)
- Melting point: 1,064° centigrade (1,947° Fahrenheit)
