Chart: Which countries are falling behind in gold mine production
India tops the global ranking with demand nearly 50 times that of its mined supply.
Russia’s Finance Ministry said on Wednesday that Russia had produced 314.42 tonnes of gold and 1,119.95 tonnes of silver in 2018.
In the previous year, Russia’s gold output was 306.9 tonnes and the country’s silver output 1,044.3 tonnes.
(By Darya Korsunskaya and Maria Tsvetkova; Editing by Alexander Smith)