| It looks there may be trouble ahead for copper. This goes well beyond the falling copper price and annual surpluses. Chinese investors have been buying copper to finance trades. Thus, they have been warehousing one heck of a lot of copper to finance these trades This has kept demand artificially higher, causing mining companies to add more copper production.
Why is this good for silver? As global base metal supply, especially copper, starts to decline, it will drastically impact global silver mine supply. Again, 55% of world silver mine supply comes from copper, zinc and lead production...............................................Full Article: Source
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