{"id":1215,"date":"2013-02-01T20:12:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T01:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2013-02-01T20:12:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T01:12:43","slug":"global-trends-in-silver-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1215","title":{"rendered":"Global trends in silver mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Scott Wright<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silverseek.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>SilverSeek.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the course of silver\u2019s secular bull, the miners have steadily increased production in order to meet fast-growing demand.\u00a0And in 2012 mine production exceeded\u00a0<em>24k metric tons<\/em>\u00a0(770m+ ounces), an all-time production high and 28% increase over 2001.\u00a0As an investor interested in silver\u2019s structural fundamentals, this rapid growth begs a question.\u00a0Where in the world is this silver coming from?<\/p>\n<p>In our modern information age we can ask questions like this and easily find the answer.\u00a0And we need look no farther than the data provided by the U.S. Geological Survey.\u00a0The USGS is a\u00a0<em>global\u00a0<\/em>authority in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information on both domestic and international mineral supply and demand.\u00a0And for silver it dutifully provides annual detailed country-level mine production data.<\/p>\n<p>My preferred way to distill data like this is visually, via crafting a custom chart to paint a clear picture.\u00a0And in the chart below I plot the bull-to-date global silver-mining trends for the world\u2019s top dozen silver producers using the USGS\u2019s initial 2012 estimates that were released just this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silverseek.com\/article\/global-silver-mining-trends-9371\" target=\"_blank\">Read the entire article . . .<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the course of silver\u2019s secular bull, the miners have steadily increased production in order to meet fast-growing demand. 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