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Global silver supply by source 2017

Silver supply worldwide in 2017, by source (in million ounces)

The data displays the figures for the global silver supply in 2017, broken down by source. In that year, 138.1 million ounces of the total global silver supply came from scrap sources. Mine production yielded 852.1 million ounces, and was the biggest source of the global silver supply by far.

Mine production 852.1
Scrap 138.1
Net hedging supply 1.4
Total 991.6