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World's top 10 buyers & producers of gold

April 30, 2009

Egypt: 9th largest buyer

Egypt follows in the ninth position. In 2007, it procured 69 tons of gold making it one of the biggest gold-buyers in the world.

Source: GFMS (Gold Field Mineral Services)

Image: The gold mask of ancient pharaoh king Tutankhamen seen at the Egyptian museum. | Photograph: Aladin Abdel Naby/Reuters

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