To: John Dally who wrote (407 ) 10/17/2002 9:32:23 PM From: aknahow Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 457 John, does MNG present in New Orleans? If they do, I have been unable to find any reference to them at the November Investment Forum. BTW here is a table for world production of gold. I was unaware that s.A. had slipped so much over the years and also unaware of how much of the slack had been picked up by other countries. UPDATED: 11 FEBRUARY 2002 PRIMARY MINE PRODUCTION (metric tonnes) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------ --------------- RSA USA AUS CAN China Russia Peru Uzbek Indo Braz Ghana Chile PNG Phil Mali Mex Zimb Venz ColumbTanz Kazak Other WORLD ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 1970 1,000.4 54.2 19.3 74.9 1.6 202.2 3.3 0.2 5.3 22.0 1.6 0.7 18.7 6.2 15.6 0.7 6.3 44.8 1,478.1 1970 1971 976.3 46.5 20.9 69.8 1.6 208.4 2.0 0.3 4.9 21.7 2.0 0.7 19.8 4.7 15.6 0.6 5.9 44.4 1,446.0 1971 1972 909.6 45.1 23.5 64.7 1.6 214.6 2.5 1.1 6.3 22.5 2.9 12.7 18.9 4.5 15.6 0.7 5.9 42.1 1,394.8 1972 1973 855.2 36.6 17.2 60.8 1.6 220.8 3.3 1.3 6.3 22.5 3.0 22.5 17.8 4.1 15.6 0.6 6.7 41.5 1,337.4 1973 1974 758.6 35.0 15.9 52.8 1.6 227.1 3.1 2.4 5.9 19.1 3.7 20.8 16.7 4.2 24.9 0.5 8.2 47.5 1,248.0 1974 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 1975 713.4 32.7 16.4 51.4 1.6 233.3 2.5 2.3 5.4 16.3 4.1 19.0 15.6 4.5 24.9 0.6 9.6 49.5 1,203.0 1975 1976 713.4 32.6 15.6 52.6 2.5 239.5 2.5 3.5 7.4 16.6 4.0 20.8 15.6 5.1 18.7 0.5 9.3 60.1 1,220.3 1976 1977 699.9 34.2 19.6 53.9 3.1 244.2 3.2 2.6 8.7 15.0 3.6 23.0 17.4 6.6 18.7 0.5 8.2 54.4 1,216.8 1977 1978 704.4 31.1 20.1 54.0 4.7 248.8 3.5 2.1 9.4 12.5 3.2 23.4 18.2 0.6 12.4 0.4 7.7 58.4 1,214.8 1978 1979 703.5 30.0 18.6 51.1 6.2 253.8 3.9 1.8 9.9 11.3 3.5 19.6 16.6 5.9 12.1 0.5 8.4 50.4 1,207.0 1979 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 1980 674.0 30.2 17.0 50.6 7.0 258.2 4.4 1.7 40.4 11.0 6.8 14.0 20.0 5.5 11.4 0.4 15.9 50.0 1,218.6 1980 1981 674.0 42.9 18.4 52.0 52.9 262.0 5.0 1.6 37.3 10.6 12.5 16.8 23.4 6.2 11.5 0.9 16.5 38.5 1,283.0 1981 1982 656.9 45.6 27.0 64.7 56.0 265.9 4.9 2.2 46.7 10.3 16.9 17.5 26.0 6.7 13.3 0.9 14.7 64.7 1,340.7 1982 1983 679.5 62.3 30.6 73.5 57.5 267.5 5.1 2.3 54.4 8.7 17.8 18.1 25.3 6.2 14.1 1.0 13.6 67.1 1,404.7 1983 1984 680.0 64.8 40.3 83.4 59.1 269.0 5.8 2.4 61.6 8.9 16.8 26.0 25.7 8.4 14.9 1.6 23.7 67.2 1,459.7 1984 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 1985 670.8 75.5 58.5 87.6 60.7 270.6 6.6 2.6 72.2 9.3 17.2 36.9 33.1 8.3 14.7 2.3 35.5 69.6 1,531.9 1985 1986 638.0 116.3 75.1 104.7 60.7 275.3 8.8 3.2 67.5 8.9 17.9 35.1 40.3 7.8 14.9 2.6 40.0 89.6 1,606.6 1986 1987 596.5 153.9 110.7 115.8 65.3 275.3 5.6 3.6 83.7 10.2 17.0 33.2 32.6 8.0 14.7 3.4 26.6 104.5 1,660.5 1987 1988 618.6 200.9 151.8 127.8 77.8 279.9 5.1 4.5 100.2 11.6 20.6 39.1 30.5 9.2 14.8 3.5 29.0 123.6 1,848.4 1988 1989 607.5 265.7 203.6 159.5 90.0 304.0 9.9 6.2 103.0 13.4 22.6 27.5 30.0 8.6 16.0 3.9 29.5 122.3 2,023.1 1989 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 1990 605.4 294.5 244.0 169.0 100.0 302.0 9.1 11.2 102.0 16.8 27.5 31.9 24.6 9.7 16.9 7.7 29.4 5.0 120.7 2,127.4 1990 1991 601.1 294.0 234.2 176.6 120.0 240.0 9.9 16.9 89.6 26.3 28.9 60.8 25.9 5.0 10.1 17.8 4.2 34.8 6.0 157.9 2,160.0 1991 1992 614.1 330.0 243.0 161.4 125.0 146.0 20.6 75.0 38.0 85.9 31.0 33.8 71.2 22.7 6.0 9.9 18.3 7.6 32.1 8.0 170.6 2,250.0 1992 1993 619.2 331.0 247.2 152.9 130.0 149.5 30.3 70.0 42.1 58.9 38.9 33.6 61.7 21.2 6.0 9.8 18.9 9.0 27.5 7.0 205.3 2,270.0 1993 1994 580.2 327.0 256.2 146.4 132.0 146.6 47.8 70.0 42.6 70.5 43.5 38.8 59.3 27.1 6.0 13.9 20.5 10.1 20.8 5.0 195.8 2,260.0 1994 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 1995 523.8 317.0 253.5 152.0 140.0 132.2 57.7 70.0 62.9 64.4 53.1 44.6 53.4 28.4 8.0 20.3 24.0 7.1 21.2 6.0 210.4 2,250.0 1995 1996 497.6 326.0 289.5 166.4 145.0 123.0 64.8 72.0 83.6 60.0 49.2 53.2 51.1 31.8 7.0 24.5 24.8 11.7 22.1 5.0 12.5 207.3 2,328.0 1996 1997 483.4 362.0 314.5 171.5 175.0 115.0 76.8 75.0 86.9 58.5 52.0 49.5 47.5 33.8 16.3 26.0 24.2 22.3 18.8 6.0 18.7 238.2 2,472.0 1997 1998 465.0 366.0 310.1 165.6 150.0 105.0 89.2 100.0 124.0 49.6 73.3 45.0 63.2 34.9 20.6 25.4 25.2 6.7 18.8 9.0 18.1 290.3 2,555.0 1998 1999 449.5 341.0 301.3 157.6 173.0 126.0 128.0 85.0 127.2 52.6 79.9 45.4 61.2 31.0 23.7 23.8 27.7 5.9 19.0 17.0 20.0 273.2 2,569.0 1999 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 2000 428.3 353.0 295.7 153.8 175.0 144.0 133.0 85.0 124.6 52.5 72.1 54.0 74.0 30.0 29.4 26.4 22.1 7.3 21.0 33.0 20.0 238.9 2,573.0 2000 2001 393.0 350.0 281.0 160.0 181.8 152.5 140.0 163.2 43.2 65.0 674.2 2,604.0 2001 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- RSA USA AUS CAN China Russia Peru Uzbek Indo Braz Ghana Chile PNG Phil Mali Mex Zimb Venz ColumbTanz Kazak Other WORLD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------ --------------- PRIMARY MINE PRODUCTION (million ounces) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------ --------------- RSA USA AUS CAN China Russia Peru Uzbek Indo Braz Ghana Chile PNG Phil Mali Mex Zimb Venz ColumbTanz Kazak Other WORLD ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 1970 32.2 1.7 0.6 2.4 0.1 6.5 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.2 1.4 47.5 1970 1971 31.4 1.5 0.7 2.2 0.1 6.7 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.2 1.4 46.5 1971 1972 29.2 1.4 0.8 2.1 0.1 6.9 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.2 1.4 44.8 1972 1973 27.5 1.2 0.6 2.0 0.1 7.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.2 1.3 43.0 1973 1974 24.4 1.1 0.5 1.7 0.1 7.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.3 1.5 40.1 1974 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 1975 22.9 1.1 0.5 1.7 0.1 7.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.3 1.6 38.7 1975 1976 22.9 1.0 0.5 1.7 0.1 7.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.3 1.9 39.2 1976 1977 22.5 1.1 0.6 1.7 0.1 7.9 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.3 1.8 39.1 1977 1978 22.6 1.0 0.6 1.7 0.2 8.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.2 1.9 39.1 1978 1979 22.6 1.0 0.6 1.6 0.2 8.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 1.6 38.8 1979 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 1980 21.7 1.0 0.5 1.6 0.2 8.3 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.5 1.6 39.2 1980 1981 21.7 1.4 0.6 1.7 1.7 8.4 0.2 0.1 1.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.5 1.2 41.3 1981 1982 21.1 1.5 0.9 2.1 1.8 8.6 0.2 0.1 1.5 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.5 2.1 43.1 1982 1983 21.8 2.0 1.0 2.4 1.9 8.6 0.2 0.1 1.8 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.4 2.2 45.2 1983 1984 21.9 2.1 1.3 2.7 1.9 8.6 0.2 0.1 2.0 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.8 2.2 46.9 1984 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 1985 21.6 2.4 1.9 2.8 2.0 8.7 0.2 0.1 2.3 0.3 0.6 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 1.1 2.2 49.3 1985 1986 20.5 3.7 2.4 3.4 2.0 8.9 0.3 0.1 2.2 0.3 0.6 1.1 1.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 1.3 2.9 51.7 1986 1987 19.2 4.9 3.6 3.7 2.1 8.9 0.2 0.1 2.7 0.3 0.5 1.1 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.9 3.4 53.4 1987 1988 19.9 6.5 4.9 4.1 2.5 9.0 0.2 0.1 3.2 0.4 0.7 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.9 4.0 59.4 1988 1989 19.5 8.5 6.5 5.1 2.9 9.8 0.3 0.2 3.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.9 3.9 65.0 1989 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 1990 19.5 9.5 7.8 5.4 3.2 9.7 0.3 0.4 3.3 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.2 3.9 68.4 1990 1991 19.3 9.5 7.5 5.7 3.9 7.7 0.3 0.5 2.9 0.8 0.9 2.0 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.1 1.1 0.2 5.1 69.4 1991 1992 19.7 10.6 7.8 5.2 4.0 4.7 0.7 2.4 1.2 2.8 1.0 1.1 2.3 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.2 1.0 0.3 5.5 72.3 1992 1993 19.9 10.6 7.9 4.9 4.2 4.8 1.0 2.3 1.4 1.9 1.3 1.1 2.0 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.2 6.6 73.0 1993 1994 18.7 10.5 8.2 4.7 4.2 4.7 1.5 2.3 1.4 2.3 1.4 1.2 1.9 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.2 6.3 72.7 1994 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 1995 16.8 10.2 8.2 4.9 4.5 4.2 1.9 2.3 2.0 2.1 1.7 1.4 1.7 0.9 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.2 6.8 72.3 1995 1996 16.0 10.5 9.3 5.3 4.7 4.0 2.1 2.3 2.7 1.9 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.0 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.4 6.7 74.8 1996 1997 15.5 11.6 10.1 5.5 5.6 3.7 2.5 2.4 2.8 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 7.7 79.5 1997 1998 15.0 11.8 10.0 5.3 4.8 3.4 2.9 3.2 4.7 1.6 2.4 1.4 2.0 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.6 9.3 82.1 1998 1999 14.5 11.0 9.7 5.1 5.6 4.1 4.1 2.7 4.1 1.7 2.6 1.5 2.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.6 8.8 82.6 1999 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- 2000 13.8 11.3 9.5 4.9 5.6 4.6 4.3 2.7 4.0 1.7 2.3 1.7 2.4 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.7 1.1 0.6 7.7 82.7 2000 2001 12.6 11.3 9.0 5.1 5.8 4.9 4.5 5.2 1.4 21.7 83.7 2001 ---- ------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------- ---- RSA USA AUS CAN China Russia Peru Uzbek Indo Braz Ghana Chile PNG Phil Mali Mex Zimb Venz ColumbTanz Kazak Other WORLD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------ ---------------