Biggest gold companies in the world
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Even though Canada lags far behind its counterparts in reserves, Canadian companies dominate the gold industry. These companies are big players in the Canadian industry, which ranks seventh globally, but rely mostly on assets in foreign countries.
Let's take a look at 14 biggest gold companies in the world.
Source: Wikipedia
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Image: A gold Combibar at refiner and bar manufacturer Valcambi in Swiss town of Balerna.
Photographs: Michael Buholzer/Reuters
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Barrick Gold
Country: Canada
Revenue in 2012: $14.3 billion
Profit in 2012: $4.5 billion
Assets in 2012: $48.9 billion
Overall rank: 1
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Image: Worker checks gold granulate at refiner and bar manufacturer Valcambi in Swiss town of Balerna.
Photographs: Michael Buholzer/Reuters
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Freeport-McMoRan
Country: The United States
Revenue in 2012: $20.9 billion
Profit in 2012: $4.6 billion
Assets in 2012: $32.1 billion
Overall rank: 2
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Image: Britain's Queen Elizabeth tours a gold vault during a visit to the Bank of England in the City of London.
Photographs: Eddie Mulholland/Pool/Reuters
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Goldcorp
Country: Canada
Revenue in 2012: $5.4 billion
Profit in 2012: $1.9 billion
Assets in 2012: $29.4 billion
Overall rank: 3
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Image: Gold jewellery on a stand at the Valenza international jewels exposition in Valenza, northern Italy.
Photographs: Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters
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Newmont Mining
Country: The United States
Revenue in 2012: $10.4 billion
Profit in 2012: $400 million
Assets in 2012: $27.5 billion
Overall rank: 4
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Image: Gold bars and granules at the Austrian Gold and Silver Separating Plant in Vienna.
Photographs: Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters
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Newcrest Mining
Country: Australia
Revenue in 2012: $4.4 billion
Profit in 2012: $1 billion
Assets in 2012: $18.3 billion
Overall rank: 5
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Image: A member of Sotheby's staff holds a 14th century central Asian gold cup with an estimated value of $48,600-$81,000 in London.
Photographs: Paul Hackett/Reuters
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Anglogold Ashanti
Country: South Africa
Revenue in 2012: $5.9 billion
Profit in 2012: $1.3 billion
Assets in 2012: $10.7 billion
Overall rank: 6
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Image: An employee holds a gold piece, each weighing 100 grams, at the state-owned mining company PT Antam Tbk metal refinery in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Photographs: Beawiharta Beawiharta/Reuters
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Gold Fields
Country: South Africa
Revenue in 2012: $5.2 billion
Profit in 2012: $900 million
Assets in 2012: $10.3 billion
Overall rank: 7
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Image: Jewellery made from gold is laid out at a factory in Minsk, Belarus.
Photographs: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
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Yamana Gold
Country: Canada
Revenue in 2012: $2.2 billion
Profit in 2012: $500 million
Assets in 2012: $10.8 billion
Overall rank: 8
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Image: An ingot of 99.99 per cent pure gold that weighs 12.5 kg in Ventanas city, about 164km northwest of Santiago, Chile.
Photographs: Eliseo Fernandez/Reuters
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Buenaventura
Country: Peru
Revenue in 2012: $1.5 billion
Profit in 2012: $900 million
Assets in 2012: $3.8 billion
Overall rank: 9
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Image: Gold bangles on display in Istanbul, Turkey.
Photographs: Murad Sezer/Reuters
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Kinross Gold
Country: Canada
Revenue in 2012: $3.9 billion
Profit in 2012: N/A
Assets in 2012: $16.5 billion
Overall rank: 10
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Image: Vacuum-packed gold bars of 100 grams are placed on a table in Swiss town Mendrisio.
Photographs: Pascal Lauener/Reuters
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Iamgold
Country: Canada
Revenue in 2012: $1.7 billion
Profit in 2012: $800 million
Assets in 2012: $4.4 billion
Overall rank: 11
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Image: Giant gold-wrapped Easter bunnies are placed in front of the plant of Switzerland's chocolate producer Lindt & Spruengli in Kilchberg near Zurich.
Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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Eldorado Gold
Country: Canada
Revenue in 2012: $1.1 billion
Profit in 2012: $300 million
Assets in 2012: $4.4 billion
Overall rank: 12
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Image: A man looks at Europe's largest gold coin in a shop in Vienna.
Photographs: Herwig Prammer/Reuters
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Polyus Gold
Country: Russia
Revenue in 2012: $1.7 billion
Profit in 2012: $300 million
Assets in 2012: $4.0 billion
Overall rank: 13
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Image: Figurines in 24K gold are displayed at a Chow Tai Fook jewellery store in Hong Kong.
Photographs: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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