{"id":5042,"date":"2024-05-03T00:59:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T22:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dhcab.com\/?p=5042"},"modified":"2024-05-03T00:59:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T22:59:42","slug":"global-gold-production-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dhcab.com\/?p=5042","title":{"rendered":"Global Gold Production 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In 2023, the world produced over 3,000 tons of gold, with China, Australia, and Russia being the top producers. China was the largest producer, accounting for more than 12% of the global output.<\/p>\n<p>China also emerged as the largest buyer of gold, with its central bank purchasing 225 tons of gold, according to the World Gold Council.<\/p>\n<p>The gold produced in 2023 was primarily used in jewelry manufacturing, while a significant portion was sold as an investment, such as in gold bars or coins.<\/p>\n<p>Breakdown of gold usage in 2023:<br \/>&#8211; Jewelry: 46%<br \/>&#8211; Central banks and institutions: 23%<br \/>&#8211; Physical bars: 16%<br \/>&#8211; Official coins, medals, and replicas: 9%<br \/>&#8211; Electrical and electronics: 5%<br \/>&#8211; Other uses: 1%<\/p>\n<p>Pic source: Visual Capitalist<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023, the world produced over 3,000 tons of gold, with China, Australia, and Russia being the top producers. China was the largest producer, accounting for more than 12% of the global output. China also emerged as the largest buyer of gold, with its central bank purchasing 225 tons of gold, according to the World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dhcab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dhcab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dhcab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhcab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhcab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhcab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhcab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dhcab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhcab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhcab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}