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Silver
Silver is a shiny white metal, ductile and malleable. It has
the highest electrical
conductivity of all metals. Its thermal conductivity is also
higher than those of any
other metal. This metal is stable in pure air and water, but
does tarnish when it
is exposed to ozone, hydrogen sulfide, or air with sulfur
in it.
Silver is a rare metal. It occasionally occurs in the native
state, in which it is often
associated with other noble metals. The principal use of silver
is as a precious metal
and its halide salts, especially silver nitrate, are also
widely used in photography
(which is the largest single end use of silver)
Link:
-World
Bureau of Metal Statistics - Statistics 2000 - 2003
-The Silver Institute
Silver Production
Thousand Tonnes
| |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| Europe |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bulgaria |
23.000 |
24.000 |
25.000 |
26.000 |
23.800 |
23.500 |
| Finland |
22.000 |
15.000 |
8.389 |
29.900 |
33.960 |
37.413 |
| France |
|
600 |
600 |
590 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
| Greece |
65.000 |
30.600 |
61.500 |
74.800 |
79.200 |
80.000 |
| Ireland |
10.400 |
16.700 |
8.700 |
7.500 |
20.400 |
24.000 |
| Italy |
50.000 |
48.000 |
40.000 |
39.000 |
35.000 |
34.000 |
| Macedonia |
22.000 |
20.000 |
15.000 |
12.000 |
0 |
0 |
| Norway |
|
1.500 |
1.300 |
1.200 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
| Poland |
1.096.000 |
1.144.000 |
1.163.000 |
1.571.000 |
1.561.000 |
1.550.000 |
| Portugal |
26.450 |
20.430 |
23.100 |
19.500 |
21.100 |
24.400 |
| Romania |
17.800 |
17.500 |
17.300 |
15.000 |
18.000 |
19.000 |
| Russia (Europe) |
37.500 |
62.800 |
62.400 |
79.000 |
82.000 |
85.000 |
| Serbia & Montenegro |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
800 |
| Slovakia |
|
178 |
98 |
95 |
90 |
70 |
| Spain |
129.000 |
221.000 |
89.000 |
3.000 |
2.000 |
1.900 |
| Sweden |
341.584 |
328.737 |
306.029 |
320.823 |
300.100 |
292.600 |
| Turkey |
110.000 |
390.000 |
500.000 |
680.000 |
794.998 |
800.000 |
| Yugoslavia |
7.600 |
9.100 |
5.700 |
3.800 |
0 |
0 |
| total |
1.958.334 |
1.350.145 |
2.327.116 |
2.883.208 |
2.974.648 |
2.974.683 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Africa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Algeria |
|
1.300 |
1.250 |
1.200 |
500 |
100 |
| Botswana |
|
0 |
0 |
162 |
200 |
250 |
| Ethiopia |
|
1.007 |
900 |
999 |
950 |
930 |
| Ghana |
|
520 |
520 |
500 |
480 |
450 |
| Morocco |
278.000 |
270.000 |
246.204 |
238.043 |
240.000 |
244.000 |
| Namibia |
|
900 |
1.800 |
1.500 |
1.400 |
1.300 |
| South Africa |
151.960 |
144.231 |
109.570 |
116.920 |
130.000 |
140.000 |
| Tunisia |
|
330 |
370 |
380 |
300 |
300 |
| Zambia |
8.500 |
8.700 |
8.800 |
8.900 |
9.000 |
9.000 |
| Zimbabwe |
5.396 |
3.799 |
1.768 |
1.500 |
2.800 |
12.000 |
| total |
443.856 |
430.787 |
371.182 |
370.104 |
385.630 |
408.330 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Asia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| China |
1.375.000 |
1.500.000 |
1.800.000 |
1.390.000 |
1.200.000 |
1.100.000 |
| DPR Korea |
50.000 |
50.000 |
50.000 |
48.000 |
40.000 |
20.000 |
| India |
60.000 |
56.000 |
55.000 |
54.000 |
53.600 |
53.400 |
| Indonesia |
361.377 |
314.032 |
348.332 |
289.450 |
165.797 |
262.985 |
| Iran |
|
1.650 |
815 |
800 |
500 |
0 |
| Japan |
94.000 |
103.781 |
80.397 |
81.416 |
82.000 |
83.000 |
| Kazakhstan |
904.000 |
637.000 |
755.000 |
786.800 |
800.000 |
892.100 |
| Korea |
4.144 |
4.688 |
7.000 |
9.000 |
11.676 |
4.854 |
| Laos |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.850 |
2.740 |
| Malaysia |
|
500 |
480 |
460 |
200 |
364 |
| Mongolia |
17.000 |
16.5000 |
21.000 |
23.000 |
21.000 |
20.000 |
| Myanmar |
|
1.432 |
577 |
559 |
550 |
540 |
| Oman |
|
320 |
289 |
38 |
0 |
0 |
| Philippines |
18.214 |
23.534 |
29.591 |
8.811 |
9.578 |
9.800 |
| Russia (Asia) |
337.500 |
565.200 |
561.600 |
711.000 |
738.000 |
765.000 |
| Saudia Arabia |
10.472 |
9.390 |
9.548 |
11.960 |
12.800 |
14.494 |
| Thailand |
|
0 |
1.159 |
18.018 |
12.496 |
10.700 |
| total |
3.231.707 |
3.284.027 |
3.720.788 |
3.433.312 |
3.152.047 |
3.239.977 |
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|
|
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| America |
|
|
|
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| Argentinia |
73.788 |
78.271 |
152.802 |
113.027 |
133.917 |
140.000 |
| Bolivia |
422.492 |
433.592 |
409.700 |
400.000 |
465.309 |
409.011 |
| Brazil |
24.000 |
30.000 |
46.046 |
48.000 |
50.000 |
52.000 |
| Canada |
1.174.000 |
1.161.000 |
1.224.000 |
1.344.000 |
1.255.000 |
1.265.000 |
| Chile |
1.133.500 |
1.242.194 |
1.349.000 |
1.210.000 |
1.100.000 |
1.300.000 |
| Colombia |
7.594 |
7.970 |
7.242 |
6.986 |
9.511 |
8.539 |
| Dominican Republic |
|
3.000 |
2.500 |
2.400 |
2.300 |
2.200 |
| Honduras |
37.766 |
37.000 |
36.000 |
35.000 |
34.500 |
34.400 |
| Mexico |
2.455.986 |
2.746.852 |
3.030.437 |
3.146.257 |
2.954.710 |
3.093.366 |
| Nicaragua |
|
2.500 |
2.800 |
3.000 |
3.200 |
3.300 |
| Panama |
|
310 |
200 |
100 |
100 |
120 |
| Peru |
2.217.000 |
2.437.706 |
2.673.000 |
2.761.000 |
2.920.922 |
2.800.000 |
| United States |
180.000 |
2.259.000 |
1.735.606 |
1.420.000 |
1.239.376 |
1.250.000 |
|
total |
7.726.126 |
10.439.395 |
10.669.333 |
10.489.770 |
10.168.845 |
10.357.936 |
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|
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| Oceania |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Australia |
1.894.000 |
1.900.000 |
1.970.000 |
2.110.880 |
2.056.000 |
2.237.000 |
| Fuji |
|
1.474 |
2.109 |
1.972 |
1.600 |
1.500 |
| New Zealand |
24.300 |
22.900 |
26.900 |
28.700 |
28.500 |
28.300 |
| Papua New Guinea |
59.000 |
79.197 |
69.368 |
64.007 |
60.000 |
58.000 |
| Solomon Islands |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| total |
1.977.300 |
2.003.572 |
2.068.378 |
2.205.560 |
2.146.100 |
2.324.800 |
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| WORLD
TOTAL |
25.040.749 |
30.950.893 |
31.894.508 |
32.077.284 |
31.142.215 |
31.988.462 |
Source: Österreichisches
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (Federal Ministry
for Economics and Labour of the Republic of Austria), World
Mining Data, April 2006
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