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Gold/Mining/Energy : Silver prices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: craig crawford who wrote (3644)6/11/2001 4:42:08 PM
From: long-gone  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 8010
 
Last year figures we have is (published this thread) was 20K tonnes in 1998. According to Kester, number of soldered joints in electronics increases at average rate of 4% per year.

You will also find most likely new solder alloys posted to this thread.
You'll also need this
silverinstitute.org
&
silverinstitute.org



To: craig crawford who wrote (3644)6/11/2001 4:42:49 PM
From: goldsheet  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 8010
 
I did a rough calculation once and thought 20moz was a good number:
REF: Message 15047713

Another poster suggested 50moz. Total silver demand runs
about 850moz, so 20/50 would be a 2.4%/5.9% increase.


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