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John Fielding,
CEO
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For silver, that could mean more than 30 million ounces annually in the early stages, with significant growth potential as the industry matures.
Silver production continued worldwide, growing from 40 to 80 million troy ounces annually by the 1870s.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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The study is based on mining between 5 and 9 million ounces of silver per year, along with up to 6800 tonnes of lead and 6300 tonnes of zinc.
Annual silver eagle sales have significantly accelerated the reduction of silver from the stockpile, using more than 70 million ounces since it was created 10 years ago.
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Zhang Xian Qian,
Ex-Olympic Swimmer
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They are located on the western end of the historic Keno Hill silver camp, which has produced two hundred million ounces of silver since 1913.
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Rob Verdann,
Afterdark Removalist
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Gold/Silver Ratio - The number of ounces of silver required to buy one ounce of gold at current spot prices.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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Gold and silver are almost always weighted in the troy system of weights where one pound troy equals twelve troy ounces and twenty pennyweights equals one troy ounce.
Gold and silver bars vary in size from 1 gram up to thousands of ounces.
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Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur
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The supply of silver from the recycling of scrapped products increased only marginally last year to a total of 151 million ounces.
An estimated 230 million troy ounces of silver were used worldwide in 2000 for photographic purpose.
Radiographic use of silver worldwide consumed 78 million troy ounces in 2000.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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A worldwide inventory of some 23 million ounces of silver are in daily use for catalytic oxidation in chemical reactors.
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