A few articles ago, one of my readers had noticed that it would be a good idea to summarize the results delivered by precious metals companies. I agree. In this article I want to focus on one of the hottest precious metals sectors, the silver one. The time is right because two days ago the last big silver miner, Pan American Silver, released its 3Q 2016 report. Introduction Firstly, let me list the miners qualifying into my research: First Majestic (NYSE: AG ), Hecla (NYSE: HL ), Coeur (NYSE: CDE ), Endeavour Silver (NYSE: EXK ), Fortuna (NYSE: FSM ), Great Panther (NYSEMKT: GPL ), Silvercorp ( OTCPK:SVMLF ), Silver Standard (NASDAQ: SSRI ) and Pan American (NASDAQ: PAAS ) - nine big companies producing silver as one of their main metals.