Gold industry generated over $210- bn for global economy in 2012

摘要

The gold industry contributed more than US$210 billion to the world's economy in 2012 - roughly equivalent to the GDP of the Republic of Ireland, Czech Republic or Beijing - new research released recently reveals. The direct economic impact of gold, an independent research report by economists at PwC and commissioned by the World Gold Council, is the first to take into account the entire value chain from large scale mining supply to consumer demand in order to quantify how gold contributes to local and global economic development.