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What percentage of global cyanide usage is by the gold mining industry?

April 26, 2017cyanide global gold Industry mining PERCENTAGE usage

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What percentage of global cyanide usage is by the gold mining industry?

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Of the approximately 1.4 million tons of hydrogen cyanide produced annually worldwide‚ about 13% is used to produce cyanide reagents for gold processing. The remaining 87% is used in other industrial applications which include the production of plastics‚ adhesives‚ fire retardants‚ cosmetics‚ pharmaceuticals‚ food processing and as an anti-caking additive for table and road salts.