The richest silver mine isn't underground but in solar

As primary silver grades decline and solar demand surges, the industry must transition from viewing retired panels as waste to treating them as high-grade mineral reserves essential for the energy transition.From pv magazine USA Silver has become one of the most important materials in the clean energy transition. It's essential for solar photovoltaics, and solar is no longer a minor consumer of silver. It's becoming one of the largest drivers of demand - at the same time that ore grades are declining and supply is getting harder to expand quickly. In other words, even as solar gets cheaper and ...

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