In 2023, mine production of silver yielded 830.5 million ounces, and was the largest source of the global silver supply that year by far. In a distant second place was silver recycling, which accounted for 178.5 million ounces of the total global silver supply that year.
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The Silver Institute. (May 27, 2025). Supply of silver worldwide in 2023, by source (in million ounces) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/253342/world-silver-supply-by-source/
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