Thursday, April 22, 2010

The Top 20 Silver Producing Countries in 2008

Top 20 Silver Producing Countries in 2008 (in millions of ounces)

1. Peru - 118.3

2. Mexico - 104.2

3. China - 82.8

4. Australia - 61.9

5. Chile - 44.9

6. Poland - 38.9

7. Russia - 36.1

8. United States - 36.0

9. Bolivia - 35.8

10. Canada 21.5

11. Kazakhstan - 20.2

12. Turkey - 10.1

13. Argentina - 9.9

14. Sweden - 8.4

15. Indonesia - 8.0

16. Morocco - 7.8

17. India - 7.1

18. Guatemala - 3.2

19. Iran - 3.2

20. South Africa - 2.7

Source: The Silver Institute. 2010. http://www.silverinstitute.org/supply_demand.php#supply

2 comments:

Jim Little said...

Wow I didn't know the US was so far back on the list, but 36 million ounces is still a TON of Silver! Thanks Greg!

Anonymous said...

Well the data is from 2008, but I know that there are a lot of mines in Peru! I am surprised that the US is higher than Canada. I thought the Yukon Territory mined a lot of silver, but maybe they have more gold. Thanks Jim for your comment!

Greg