隨著世界黃金存量下降 


Barrick
金礦公司關閉避險窗口

 Barrick金礦公司受不了避險對做的壓力,

認賠結束這項業務(停止接受期貨做多單)

 近十年來黃金的產量都以每年一百萬盎司的速度減少

 每噸開挖的原礦產中,黃金含量從12公克下跌至3公克

 加拿大與約翰尼斯堡以更高的成本,

開挖往更深沈的地層來尋求礦脈


Barrick shuts hedge book as world gold supply runs out

Global gold production is in terminal decline despite record prices and Herculean efforts by mining companies to discover fresh sources of ore in remote spots, according to the world's top producer Barrick Gold.

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor
Published: 7:20PM GMT 11 Nov 2009

Aaron Regent, president of the Canadian gold giant, said that global output has been falling by roughly 1m ounces a year since the start of the decade. Total mine supply has dropped by 10pc as ore quality erodes, implying that the roaring bull market of the last eight years may have further to run.

"There is a strong case to be made that we are already at 'peak gold'," he told The Daily Telegraph at the RBC's annual gold conference in London...

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"Production peaked around 2000 and it has been in decline ever since, and we forecast that decline to continue. It is increasingly difficult to find ore," he said.

Ore grades have fallen from around 12 grams per tonne in 1950 to nearer 3 grams in the US, Canada, and Australia. South Africa's output has halved since peaking in 1970…

原文(全)連結: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/mining/6546579/Barrick-shuts-hedge-book-as-world-gold-supply-runs-out.html


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