The Economist. Economist com2. Potential Environmental Effects of Mining, ncbi.nlm.nih govSilver is a versatile and affordable precious metal and has caught the fancy of many people. Apart from ornamental purposes, silver has been widely used for industrial applications. It is used in making latest technological gadgets or electrical gadgets and in the medical field as silver surfadrazine for treatment of burns. It also finds use in the solar energy field as a solar paste in crystalline silicon…See More