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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
| |
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008 |
| Europe |
|
|
|
|
|
| Armenia |
4.000
|
4.000
|
4.000
|
4.000
|
4.000 |
| Bulgaria |
45.000
|
55.000
|
65.000
|
55.000
|
55.000 |
| Finland |
49.400
|
47.500
|
50.800
|
44.900
|
69.900 |
| France |
700
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| Georgia |
1.200
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
0
|
0 |
| Greece |
0
|
6.000
|
25.500
|
38.300
|
35.000 |
| Ireland |
5.200
|
10.500
|
12.900
|
9.700
|
8.500 |
| Italy |
100
|
100
|
100
|
100
|
100 |
| Macedonia |
0
|
0
|
10.000
|
30.000
|
30.000 |
| Norway |
1.000
|
900
|
700
|
0
|
0 |
| Poland |
1.372.700
|
1.262.400
|
1.265.100
|
1.199.000
|
1.193.000 |
| Portugal |
24.400
|
23.800
|
20.100
|
24.000
|
28.800 |
| Romania |
18.000
|
18.000
|
18.000
|
18.000
|
18.000 |
| Russia (Europe) |
106.200
|
110.000
|
110.000
|
120.000
|
130.000 |
| Serbia& Montenegro |
2.400
|
2.400
|
2.400
|
2.400
|
600 |
| Slovakia |
70
|
60
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| Spain |
3.583
|
5.200
|
2.369
|
0
|
0 |
| Sweden |
319.600
|
309.933
|
292.255
|
323.171
|
293.100 |
| Turkey |
122.000
|
137.600
|
167.300
|
198.000
|
180.000 |
| Yugoslavia |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| total |
2.075.553
|
1.994.393
|
2.047.524
|
2.066.571
|
2.046.000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Africa |
|
|
|
|
|
| Algeria |
0
|
800
|
500
|
46
|
114 |
| Botswana |
250
|
300
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| Congo D. R. |
69.700
|
53.600
|
67.600
|
76.200
|
34.100 |
| Ethiopia |
1.100
|
904
|
900
|
707
|
1.026 |
| Ghana |
3.300
|
3.600
|
3.100
|
3.100
|
3.100 |
| Morocco |
180.600
|
185.700
|
202.300
|
177.700
|
175.000 |
| Namibia |
27.200
|
34.100
|
31.300
|
7.902
|
7.700 |
| South Africa |
73.124
|
87.874
|
86.926
|
70.089
|
75.200 |
| Sudan |
2.900
|
2.900
|
2.437
|
2.405
|
2.400 |
| Tanzania |
13.200
|
12.500
|
14.900
|
12.400
|
12.000 |
| Tunisia |
2.000
|
4.000
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| Zambia |
9.000
|
7.000
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| Zimbabwe |
3.216
|
3.400
|
1.000
|
1.100
|
0 |
| total |
385.590
|
396.678
|
410.963
|
351.649
|
310.640 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Asia |
|
|
|
|
|
| China |
2.450.000
|
2.500.000
|
2.600.000
|
2.557.000
|
2.800.000 |
| DPR Korea |
50.000
|
50.000
|
50.000
|
50.000
|
50.000 |
| India |
53.400
|
31.900
|
30.900
|
82.300
|
93.700 |
| Indonesia |
255.053
|
326.993
|
270.153
|
268.967
|
226.100 |
| Iran |
25.000
|
25.000
|
30.000
|
40.000
|
40.000 |
| Japan |
75.700
|
54.100
|
11.500
|
0
|
0 |
| Kazakhstan |
891.200
|
910.000
|
910.000
|
722.927
|
645.627 |
| Korea, Rep of |
4.854
|
2.957
|
5.100
|
5.000
|
5.000 |
| Laos |
2.740
|
3.405
|
6.300
|
4.500
|
6.700 |
| Malaysia |
364
|
402
|
410
|
300
|
300 |
| Mongolia |
20.400
|
19.900
|
20.400
|
20.500
|
20.000 |
| Myanmar |
1.100
|
2.300
|
700
|
700
|
0 |
| Oman |
89
|
88
|
220
|
240
|
0 |
| Philippines |
9.300
|
19.146
|
23.500
|
27.754
|
12.700 |
| Russia (Asia) |
955.800
|
990.000
|
990.000
|
1.080.000
|
1.170.000 |
| Saudi Arabia |
14.494
|
13.500
|
9.600
|
9.028
|
8.200 |
| Tajikistan |
1.200
|
1.200
|
1.200
|
1.200
|
1.200 |
| Thailand |
10.702
|
14.013
|
11.400
|
7.500
|
5.200 |
| Uzbekistan |
60.000
|
60.000
|
60.000
|
60.000
|
60.000 |
| total |
4.881.396
|
5.024.904
|
5.031.383
|
4.937.916
|
5.144.727 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| America |
|
|
|
|
|
| Argentina |
172.387
|
263.766
|
245.124
|
255.567
|
255.000 |
| Bolivia |
412.550
|
420.300
|
472.210
|
524.990
|
1.114.000 |
| Brazil |
6.200
|
10.000
|
10.000
|
19.000
|
19.000 |
| Canada |
1.337.500
|
1.123.800
|
968.000
|
862.400
|
727.700 |
| Chile |
1.360.100
|
1.399.539
|
1.607.200
|
1.936.467
|
1.405.020 |
| Colombia |
8.539
|
7.142
|
5.900
|
9.765
|
9.200 |
| Costa Rica |
100
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| Domican Republic |
2.200
|
2.000
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| Ecuador |
372
|
283
|
159
|
448
|
400 |
| Guatemala |
0
|
7.100
|
49.700
|
88.247
|
99.132 |
| Honduras |
48.200
|
53.600
|
55.000
|
53.900
|
58.900 |
| Jamaica |
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| Mexico |
2.569.500
|
2.894.200
|
3.028.200
|
3.135.400
|
3.236.300 |
| Nicaragua |
2.950
|
2.936
|
2.929
|
3.400
|
3.700 |
| Panama |
120
|
140
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| Peru |
3.050.800
|
3.193.000
|
3.470.700
|
3.493.909
|
3.685.900 |
| United States |
1.246.100
|
1.225.800
|
1.139.500
|
1.260.000
|
1.213.000 |
|
total |
10.217.627
|
10.603.606
|
11.054.622
|
11.643.493
|
11.827.252 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Oceania |
|
|
|
|
|
| Australia |
2.209.000
|
2.417.000
|
1.728.000
|
1.871.000
|
1.926.000 |
| Fuji |
1.500
|
1.400
|
500
|
0
|
0 |
| New Zealand |
30.048
|
43.003
|
27.221
|
10.568
|
31.500 |
| Papua New Guinea |
55.600
|
51.100
|
51.100
|
44.612
|
51.300 |
| Solomon Islands |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| total |
2.296.148
|
2.512.503
|
1.806.821
|
1.926.180
|
2.008.800 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| WORLD
TOTAL |
19.856.314 |
20.532.084 |
20.351.313 |
20.925.809 |
21.337.419 |
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