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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