Top 20 Mines

2000

Rank

2000		 .. Mine Country Owner Production


 Total cash costs US$/oz Total production costs US$/oz
(oz) (tonne)
1 1 Grasberg Indonesia Freeport Rio Tinto 2,436,000 76 n/a n/a
2 2 Muruntau* Uzbekistan Navoi Mining 1,929,060 60 n/a n/a
3 3 Yanacocha Peru Newmont (51.35%) Buenaventura (43.65%) 1,795,397 56 88 138
4 7 Betze Post US Barrick Gold 1,646,000 51 195 246
5 4 Driefontein South Africa Gold Fields 1,394,300 43 196 216
6 10 Twin Creeks US Newmont 1,366,900 43 203 258
7 13 Kloof Division** South Africa Gold Fields 1,321,800 41 n/a n/a
8 5 Carlin US Newmont 1,190,200 37 203 258
9 6 Cortez US Placer Dome (60%) Rio Tinto (40%) 1,010,000 31 60 136
10 8 Great Noligwa South Africa AngloGold 971,000 30 144 152
11 14 Porgera Papua New Guinea Placer Dome (50%) Goldfields (25%) 910,436 28 132 236
12 12 Randfontein South Africa Harmony 854,565 27 226 n/a
13 11 Pierina Peru Barrick Gold 822,000 26 43 252
14 9 Meikle US Barrick Gold 806,000 25 119 168
15 17 KCGM Australia Homestake (50%) Normandy (50%) 787,600 24 189 236
16 - Free State South Africa Harmony 779,012 24 259 n/a
17 20 Kumtor Kyrgyzstan Cameco (33.3%) 670,688 21 153 246
18 - Round Mountain US Echo Bay (50%) Homestake (50%) 640,128 20 213 283
19 - Sadolia Mali AngloGold (38%) IAMGOLD (38%) 611,442 19 123 n/a
20 19 Lihir Papua New Guinea Lihir Gold (83.7%) Rio Tinto (16.3%) 606,310 19 236 n/a

*estimate for production **combined production for Kloof, Leeudoorn & Libanon

(Source: GFMS)

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