China's gold production edged up in 2025 while overall consumption declined, amid a shift from jewelry toward investment products, data from the China Gold Association showed on Thursday. The country produced 381.339 metric tons of gold last year, up 1.09% year-on-year, while output from imported raw materials rose 8.81% to 170.681 tons, the data revealed. The association said that a number of exploration, development and technology projects had achieved phased breakthroughs in 2025. On the consumption side, gold consumption totaled 950.096 tons last year, down 3.57% from a year earlier, as jewelry demand fell ... (full story)