Alternatives to cyanide in the gold mining industry: what
#0183;#32;By 1907, global annual production of gold had doubled because of an increased use of cyanide; it continues to this day to be the primary leaching method in the gold mining industry . Today, over one million metric tonnes of cyanide representing 80% of total production are used annually by the chemical industry for the production of organic chemicals such as nitrile, nylon, and acrylic