Another — perhaps unexpected — arena in which silver is making waves is 3D printing. Put very simply, 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, is the process of creating a 3D object from a digital file. That might sound outlandish, but the fact is that 3D printing is becoming more and more mainstream.
In terms of where silver enters the picture, Jeffrey Ellis, The Silver Institute’s senior technology consultant, states in the firm’s most recent newsletter that two types of 3D printing processes involve silver. Ultimately, that technique may lead to some very interesting uses of silver…and given the ever-growing applications of the technology, investors would do well to keep an eye on how its silver consumption fares in years to come.
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