Gold has slacked in its demand and supply in South Africa, for the latter half of 2007, reported Statistics South Africa. During October 2007 production dropped by 5.8% in volume as compared to the corresponding period of last year. Fort he three months ending October 2007, production fell by 5.5%. Also, gold sales dipped by 27.1% to generate R3.099 billion ($458.58 million) in September 2007 on a Y-O-Y basis. During July to September 2007 sales plunged by 12.3%.