Silver demand worldwide by end use 2022

In 2022, the global jewelry industry accounted for 234.1 million ounces of the global demand for silver. That was 18.8 percent of the total global silver demand that year. Silver's usefulness in antiquity and modern life Silver has long been valued as a precious metal. It has the highest reflectivity, as well as the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal. It is used in various, diverse ways, such as in coins and in bars as currency or as an investment, in solar panels, water filtration devices, in photographic and X-ray film, medical instruments, and in jewelry. It is a soft, white and lustrous metal. Silver is one of seven metals of antiquity and has essentially always had a role in human culture. Already in prehistoric times people identified that its ductility and high reflectivity make silver very attractive as jewelry. Furthermore, as it is not reactive to oxygen and hydrogen, it does not rust like other metals. Present day silver production Today, most silver is won in chemical processes after the extraction of lead ore and copper ore. Only about 20 percent of the silver that is produced today is extracted from silver ore reserves. In medieval times, most of the world’s silver was produced in Europe, but in the nineteenth century the world’s primary production of silver moved to North America. This still holds true, as Mexico is presently the global leader in silver mining.

于2022年，全球珠宝业对银的需求量达到了2.341亿盎司，占当年全球银需求总量的18.8%。银在古代及现代生活中的重要性银自古以来就被视为珍贵的金属，其具有最高的反射率，以及任何金属中最高电导率和热导率。银被广泛应用于多种多样的领域，如作为货币或投资用途的硬币和银条，太阳能电池板，水过滤设备，摄影和X射线胶片，医疗仪器，以及珠宝。银是一种柔软、洁白且光亮的金属。银是古代七种金属之一，在人类文化中始终扮演着至关重要的角色。早在史前时期，人们就已经认识到银的延展性和高反射率使其成为制作珠宝的理想材料。此外，由于银不与氧气和氢气发生反应，它不会像其他金属那样生锈。当代银的生产情况目前，银主要在铅矿石和铜矿石的提取过程中通过化学工艺获得。现今生产的银中，大约只有20%是从银矿石储备中提取的。在中世纪时期，世界上大部分的银是在欧洲生产的，但到了19世纪，全球银的主要生产地转移到了北美。这一趋势至今依然存在，墨西哥目前是全球银矿开采的领导者。