Mines in Indonesia, Russia, New Guinea, and Chile round out the top-five gold mines in the world. The Carlin Trend and Cortez gold mines, both in Nevada, are ranked sixth and 10 th worldwide.

A massive gold deposit buried deep in China's Hunan province is reshaping the future of global mining. Tucked beneath the Wangu gold field in Pingjiang County, the site may hold as much as 1,100 tons ...