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India Silver Conference Highlights (part-3)

Day 2: Session 3- Latest technology updates in Silver industrial applications.

Session moderator: Mr Ketan S Dhruv, Director, Bangalore Refinery PVT LTD
Speakers
Dr Trevor Keel (Director- Material value ltd, UK AND Technical Director- Silver Institute, USA,
Mr Andre Christl, CEO, Heraeus Precious Metals,
Dr Amol A Kulkarni, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory,
Prof. Parag Bhargava, Particulate Materials (PM) Lab, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay
Professor Subho Dasgupta, Material Engineering, IISc, Bangalore

Moderator: In his introductory speech, the moderator shared his experience regarding new technology and stated
the importance of research work in various labs. He recalled talks about research on facial recognition and Cad Cam
during college, which has become a reality today. Technology plays an important part in any industry, stating, “What's
happening in a lab today is going to decide the future."

Dr Trevor: The year 2022 saw heavy industrial demand for silver. 556 Moz (1 Moz= 31 tons) of silver demand was
generated by industries constituting half of the total silver demand. Besides industrial applications, Silver demand is
generated from silverware, silver jewellery, net investment, etc. The demand for industrial applications will increase
further due to the demand for green economies.

He discussed the importance of silver in the field of medical science. For wound care & improved antibiotics-
Researchers have shown that "boosting" antibiotics with a small amount of silver can lead to the death of between
10 and 1,000 times as many bacteria. The antimicrobial coating is generating a lot of demand for silver. In Japan,
scientists have developed cutting-edge technology with the help of silver to detect tuberculosis at a very early stage.

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