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Silver, Fresnillo & Zacatecas (Mexico)
Fresnillo (Zacatecas), Mexico23.18°N 102.87°W
computed criticality17/100
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Mexico leading world silver producer (≈6,300 t, 2024); ≈25% of supply
2024Fault line
Mexico produces nearly a quarter of the world's silver, indispensable to electronics and solar panels, and Fresnillo is its leading producer worldwide. But the metal leaves in ingots for the electronics industries of Asia and North America: the country supplies the material of contacts and photovoltaic cells without manufacturing them. A discreet dependence, backed onto a single mining region.
Actors
Fresnillo plc (Mexico City)
Industrias Peñoles
Newmont, Peñasquito (Zacatecas)
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