Silver was the best performing metal for last week, despite its price being 3.5% lower. The precious metal is used in electronics, jewelry, solar panels, and electric vehicles, as well as an investment.
The Silver Institute expects that the international silver market will record a physical deficit this year, making it the fourth year in a row this has happened.
Recovery in the demand for jewelry and silverware as well as industrial demand is expected to increase aggregate demand to 1.2 billion ounces. This is despite the 16% drop in physical investment in the metal. Supply from mines is also expected to increase by about 1% during this period. This is expected to arise from increased production in Chile, Mexico and the United States.
In addition to this, silver recycling is expected to grow by 5% as silverware scrap in the West increases.
Overall, spot silver prices have surged by over 30% this year, propped up by positive forecasts on industrial demand and gold’s strong performance. The report from the institute also highlights that exchange-traded products are on course for the first time in 3 years as falling yields, the greenback’s weakness, and expectations of rate cuts increase the investment appeal of silver.
In other news, China has begun generating power from its offshore solar project, which is located roughly five miles off the coast of Shadong. The East-Asian country plans to add over eleven gigawatts of offshore solar by the end of next year.
SPDR Gold Shares, the biggest gold-backed ETF globally, also recorded its highest weekly outflow in over two years last week, after Trump won the 2024 presidential elections.
Gold also saw its price drop lower following comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that the Central Bank was in no rush to reduce interest rates given the economy’s strong performance.
Data from JPMorgan shows that COMEX Non-Commercial Gold positioning has dropped to 255,000 lots nets long. This is its lowest figure since August. It is expected that increasing demand for electric cars will impact demand for platinum group metals used in auto catalysts to decrease pollutants from vehicle exhaust fumes.
Experts expect palladium to be affected the most in the group, as catalytic converters are the primary driver for its demand.
Palladium was the worst performing precious metal in the past week, with its price dropping by 4.5%. Bloomberg NEF analysts posit that palladium will begin recording surplus volumes in the market past 2030, due to its limited application in other areas.
As exploration and mine development companies like Arizona Metals Corp. (TSX: AMC) (OTCQX: AZMCF) undertake their programs, they will be encouraged by the projections indicating that the demand for silver is on an upward trajectory and prices could rise in tandem with the increasing demand.
NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to Arizona Metals Corp. (TSX: AMC) (OTCQX: AZMCF) are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/AZMCF
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