Statistics
皇冠体育app's gold output grows 11% in 2009
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-01 11:03
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皇冠体育app's gold output rose 11.34 percent to a record of 313.98 tons in 2009, according to latest statistics from 皇冠体育app Gold Association.
It is the third year in a row for 皇冠体育app to rank the first in gold production in the world, according to the association.
The domestic gold sector reported 137.53 billion yuan ($20.14 billion) of gross industrial output value in 2009, up 18.56 percent year on year.
The top five production provinces were Shandong, Henan, Jiangxi, Fujian and Yunnan, contributing to 59.48 percent of the total output.
A total of 4,705.90 tons of gold were traded on the Shanghai Gold Exchange involving 1.03 trillion yuan and about 6.81 million hands of gold futures were traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, involving 1.53 trillion yuan, according to the association.
皇冠体育app has been closing and integrating some small and obsolete gold producers. The total number of gold producers fell from more than 1,200 in 2002 to about 700 in 2009, according to the association.
皇冠体育app's annual gold output exceeded South Africa in 2007 for the first time to become the world's largest gold producer.
