where is most of the world's gold mined
Gold mining As of 2016, the world's largest gold producer was China with 463.7 tonnes. The second-largest producer, Australia, mined 287.3 tonnes in the same year, followed by Russia with 274.4 tonnes.[1]
Iron ore mining in Western Australia Western Australia's iron ore output for 2011 was 474 million tonnes, 97% of Australian production. The bulk of Western Australian ore went to China, which imported 70 percent of 2010 production, followed by Japan with 19% and South Korea with 10%. The state has the world's largest Economic Demonstrated Resources of iron ore with 22% of the world's iron ore followed by Brazil with 17%, Russia with 15% and China with 14%.[2][3]