Based on data from the U.S. Geological Society, estimated gold ore
reserves that have not been mined and available on the planet about
51,000 tons, making gold business is getting bigger. As quoted from the latest data issued by Thompson Reuters and the Metals Economics Group reported by CNBC, Monday (19/03/2012), here are 10 of the world's biggest gold mine owned by public companies. Mines is considered as the greatest because it comes from one mine alone, not the production of several mines which are then combined by a single company.
It's her 10 largest gold mine in the world, among others :
1. Grasberg Mine
Grasberg is a world-class mining complex in Indonesia, where Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold is engaged in exploration and development, mining and milling of ore containing copper, gold and silver. The Grasberg mine is located at Tembagapura in Irian Jaya, which is Indonesia's easternmost province, on the western half of the island of New Guinea. The mine is about 60 miles north of Timika, a town of about 100,000 people. There are about two million people living in this region. The Lorentz National Park, which has several glaciers on its peaks, lies to the east of the mine. The mine is 96 km north of the southwest coast of Indonesia at elevations of 2,500 to 4,200 m above sea level.
- Location: Papua, Indonesia
- Gold production in 2011: 1.444.000 0z
- The area: 527,400 acres
- Miners: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
- Type of mine: open mine and underground