Salient Silver Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT SILVER STATISTICS¹

		2009		2010		2011		2012	2013
United States:
Mine production:
Quantity	metric tons	1,250		1,280		1,120		1,060	1,040
Value	thousands	$588,000		$829,000		$1,270,000		$1,060,000	$793,000
Refinery production:
Domestic and foreign ores and concentrates	metric tons	796		819		790		796	800
Scrap (old and new)	do.	1,340		1,330		1,710		1,660	1,700
Exports:
Ore and concentrate	do.	122		82		172		42	14
Bullion and dore	do.	297		627		732		905	395
Imports for consumption:
Ore and concentrate²	do.	1		4		84		83	11
Bullion and dore	do.	3,450		5,370		6,320		5,060	5,020
Stocks, December 31:
Industry	do.	150		123		150		109	110
COMEX	do.	3,500		3,260		3,650		4,610	5,350
U.S. Department of the Treasury	do.	498		498		498		498	498
Bullion coin production³	do.	895		1,100		1,310		1,070	1,100
Price, average⁴	dollars per troy ounce	14.69		20.20		35.26		31.21	23.80
Employment, mine and mill workers⁵		764	^r	814		632		709	819
World, mine production	metric tons	22,600	^r	24,100	^r	24,300	^r	25,500	25,900	^e
^eEstimated.- ^rRevised.- do. Ditto.-
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except prices.
²Includes silver content of ash and residues.
³Data from the U.S. Mint.
⁴Price data are the annual Handy & Harman quotations published in Platts Metals Week.
⁵Employment data are from the U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, for mines classified as (active and temporarily idle) silver mines
by the U.S. Geological Survey.