Aktualisierte Übersicht mit Details zu den einzelnen Unternehmen im gutem Artikel.
„...In 2014, preliminary estimated gold production by the top publicly-traded and non state-owned gold mining companies amounted to 30 Moz, in line with the 2013 totals.
Three out of the 10 miners suffered a decline in their attributable gold output while six of them achieved growth...“
Bemerkenswerter Kommentar eines Agnico Eagle Mitarbeiters, der die Bedeutung in einem desolaten Arbeitsmarkt als Arbeitgeber hervorhebt, mal eine andere Seite anstelle der vielfachen Kritik an der Goldproduktion:
„We have pumped billions into the remote territory of Nunavut (for example) and almost solely reversed unemployment in the Inuit township of Baker Lake where un-employment was over 80% before we arrived, and is now at less than 2%. Show me a government or "non-capitalist pig" that does that sort of thing? Oh....and we are working on deposits to extend the mine life, and have invested millions in education and training for the Inuit.“
http://www.mining.com/top-10-gold-companies-in-2014-67501/
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