编辑“︁金”︁（章节）

=== 黃金的供求 ===
[[File:Gold (mined)2.png|thumb|right|2005年黃金出口]]

平均[[採金]]及提金的成本為每[[金衡制盎司]]US$238，但它亦會因應開採模式及礦石質素而改變。在2001年，全球金礦生產出2,604噸，即那年全部黃金需求的67%。[[世界黃金協會]]估計在2005年全球黃金供應為3,859噸，而需求為3,754噸，有105噸的盈餘<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gold.org/value/stats/statistics/gold_demand/index.html | title=World Gold Council > value > research & statistics > statistics > supply and demand statistics | accessdate=2006-07-22 | archive-date=2006-07-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719111349/http://www.gold.org/value/stats/statistics/gold_demand/index.html | dead-url=no }}</ref>。在2006年，估計所有曾經生產的黃金有158,000噸<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.invest.gold.org/sites/en/why_gold/demand_and_supply/ | title=World Gold Council | accessdate=2008-07-04 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511212013/http://www.invest.gold.org/sites/en/why_gold/demand_and_supply/ | archivedate=2008-05-11 }}</ref>。以現在的消耗量，黃金的供應估計可以維持45年<ref>{{cite journal | date=2007-05-26 | journal = New Scientist  | volume = 194 | issue = 2605  | pages = 38–39  | issn = 0262 4079 | title = How Long Will it Last? }}</ref>。