United States customary units mass: tower, apothecaries', troy, avoirdupois, and metric. Of these, the avoirdupois weight is the most common system used in the U.S., although Troy weight is still used to weigh precious metals. Apothecaries weight—once used by pharmacies—has been largely replaced by metric measurements. Tower weight fell out of use in England (due to legal prohibition in 1527) centuries ago, and was never used in the U.S. The imperial system, which is still used for some measures in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, is based on avoirdupois, with variations from U.S. customary units larger than a pound. The pound avoirdupois,
Wheaton Precious Metals Corporation Wheaton Precious Metals Corporation Silver Wheaton Corp. is a no longer pure play silver mining company but still the largest in the business of silver streaming. It produces over 26 million ounces and sells over 29 million ounces of silver mined by other companies (including Barrick Gold and Goldcorp) as a by-product of their main operations. In 2016 Silver Wheaton reported attributable production totaling 30.4 million ounces of and 353,700 ounces of . The Company also reported record silver and gold sales for the year, generating net earnings of US$195 million on operating cash flows of $584 million. In Q1