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World's top 10 buyers & producers of gold

April 30, 2009

Peru: 5th largest producer

Peru produced 170 tons of gold in 2007, making it the world's fifth largest producer of gold. The United States is the world's fourth largest gold-producer.

Source: GFMS (Gold Field Mineral Services)

Image: The detail of a Peruvian headdress made of gold by the Mochica pre-Hispanic culture depicting an image of a sea god at the foreign ministry in Lima. | Photograph: Mariana Bazo/Reuters

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