Учёт. Анализ. Аудит (Jan 2019)
The Results of Statistical Research of the Activities of the World’s Largest Gold Mining Companies
Abstract
The article presents the main results of statistical research activities of the world’s largest gold mining companies, such as the capitalization of the largest gold producers; revenue growth campaigns in 2016 due to the increase in the price of gold; the focus on the maintaining of the current production levels and the increase in production while maintaining reserves at a stable level; the stability of the sectoral investment demand; depletion of deposits with a high gold content in the ore; the low level of investment in the development of new deposits, with the growth in average costs per ounce of extracted metal and reduced prices margins; lower costs for exploration and engineering activities; a steady decline in expenditure on technical re-equipment and development of new deposits, increasing the production volumes of the precious metal; the decline trend in industry capital expenditures.
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