Silver Metal DNA™
· Atomic #47 · ₹213.09/g today
Priced like a precious metal, consumed like an industrial one — silver spends half its life in jewellery boxes and the other half wired into solar panels.
Silver DNA Profile
Each dimension below is either computed live from data this site already tracks, or a manually researched figure with its own source — see how these are calculated.
How is this calculated?
Computed from the 30-day price change already stored in this site's own price history: score = 50 + (30-day % change × 2), clamped to 0–100. A metal flat over 30 days scores 50; every 1% of 30-day move shifts the score 2 points either way.
How is this calculated?
The standard deviation of daily % price changes over the last 10 trading days, scaled ×20 and clamped to 0–100. A purely descriptive measure of recent swing size, not a positive or negative signal on its own.
How is this calculated?
The single largest producing country's share of reported global production (excluding the "Other countries" residual bucket), taken directly from the USGS-sourced figures already powering /metal-reserves. Higher = more concentrated in one country.
How is this calculated?
Summed reported reserves ÷ summed reported annual production, across only the countries USGS reports both figures for (same commodity, same units — never summed across commodities). Scaled: 40+ years of reserve life scores 100, scaled down linearly below that.
How is this calculated?
Manually researched from each metal's primary industry association (see each metal's Sources section) — not computed. Scored as 100 minus the largest single demand sector's share of total demand, so a metal with no single dominant buyer group scores higher than one dependent on one sector.
Source: The Silver Institute, World Silver Survey 2025 (2024 data) — view
Scientific Identity
- Symbol
- Ag
- Atomic Number
- 47
- Category
- Precious Metals
Source: IUPAC Periodic Table of the Elements. Further physical/chemical properties (density, melting point, electron configuration) are planned for a future update — not shown until individually verified per metal.
Solar Quietly Became the Main Story
Every crystalline silicon solar panel needs a thin layer of silver paste to conduct current, and the scale-up of global solar manufacturing has pushed industrial demand — led by China's panel factories — to account for more than half of all silver used each year, ahead of jewellery and coins combined.
Mostly a Byproduct, Not a Primary Metal
Most of the world's mined silver doesn't come from dedicated silver mines — it's recovered as a byproduct of digging for copper, lead and zinc. Mexico is the major exception, a country whose silver mining identity predates the modern periodic table by centuries.
Unlike Gold, a Lot of It Never Comes Back
A large share of mined silver gets consumed industrially and never returns to the market — used up inside a solar cell or circuit board rather than melted down and resold the way jewellery is. Investors and traders also watch the gold-silver ratio (how many ounces of silver it takes to buy one ounce of gold) as a rough read on which metal looks cheap relative to the other, a ratio that has swung from under 20 to over 100 across different market cycles.
Supply Snapshot
Real, USGS-sourced production shares — the same data behind this metal's Geographic Concentration score above. Full breakdown: Metal Reserves →
Demand Mix
Sourced from The Silver Institute, World Silver Survey 2025 (2024 data) (2024 data) — view source.
Did You Know?
Mexico produces roughly a fifth of the world's mined silver in a typical year — more than the next two largest producers combined in many years.
Frequently Asked Questions
Silver Metal DNA™ is MetalsCost's intelligence profile combining scientific identity with market, supply and demand indicators — each indicator is either computed from this site's own stored price and reserves data, or a manually researched, cited figure. See the methodology page for exactly how.
Silver's overall score of 38/100 is a simple average of the individual dimensions currently scored for it below — click any dimension's "Why?" for its exact formula and source.
Mexico accounts for 24.2% of global silver production, per USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries — see the full production breakdown.
The Silver price in India today is ₹213.09 per gram as of October 16, 2026. See the live price and chart.
MetalsCost Metal DNA™ is an informational and analytical indicator. It is not investment advice, a price target, or a recommendation to buy or sell any commodity or financial instrument. See the methodology page for data sources and calculation details.
