The build up of silver on Comex is by clients and the sellable portion is very small. Silver usually go down twice as fast as gold. I remember last time in 2008, the gold/silver ratio is 87 and this time it is 67 at the worst. Silver has been on backwardation for a long time meaning people want physical even it is more expensive.
Silver mostly come with base metal and base metals are doing poorly. The production of silver should go down with base metals. Pure silver mines have very high cost so I only has two silver stocks. All silver stocks except SLW lose money. Most of them will shut down as well. Silver is widely used in industry, particular for solar industry. If most countries do not stock silver in some stage they will not be able to go solar. I feel that at one day, silver will rise many times like in 2011. We just don't know when. This market is putting the world in danger since the price are all managed. The price control will create shortage and over production.
Silver mostly come with base metal and base metals are doing poorly. The production of silver should go down with base metals. Pure silver mines have very high cost so I only has two silver stocks. All silver stocks except SLW lose money. Most of them will shut down as well. Silver is widely used in industry, particular for solar industry. If most countries do not stock silver in some stage they will not be able to go solar. I feel that at one day, silver will rise many times like in 2011. We just don't know when. This market is putting the world in danger since the price are all managed. The price control will create shortage and over production.