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World's top 10 buyers & producers of gold

April 30, 2009

Russia: 7th largest buyer; 6th largest producer

The world's seventh largest buyer of gold is Russia. In 2007, Moscow procured 85.6 tons of gold.

Russia is also a big producer of gold. In fact, it is the world's sixth largest gold-producer. In 2007, it produced 169.2 tons of gold.

Source: GFMS (Gold Field Mineral Services)

Image: A visitor inspects a gold-and-jewel replica of a Russian Orthodox church made by Russian artists on display at a presentation for journalists in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. | Photograph: William Webster/Reuters

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