World Silver Production: 3 Charts You Won’t See Anywhere Else
December 17, 2017 at 10:49 AM EST
In this century, 2000-2017, the world has produced 103 times more silver per year than from 1493-1600. From 1493-1600, the world produced a total of 747 Moz of silver, compared to 13,000 Moz (13 billion oz) in just 18 years from 2000-2017: