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London Metal Exchange

Futures exchange in London, England

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Dec 17, 2025
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Is there a shortage of physical silver?

Multiple industry reports and news outlets describe a persistent structural deficit in the silver market since 2021, with cumulative shortfalls approaching roughly 800 million ounces and 2025 deficits...

Jan 28, 2026
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How do COMEX 'registered' and 'eligible' inventories compare to global physical silver holdings (LBMA, ETFs) on a given date?

differentiates between "registered" (warranted, deliverable) and "eligible" (vaulted but not committed for delivery) silver; recent reporting places total COMEX stocks in the low hundreds of millions ...

Jan 19, 2026
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Will copper mining stocks go up in value in 2 weeks

Short-term moves in copper-mining equities are driven almost entirely by near-term copper price swings, news-driven supply shocks, and company-level operational updates, not by multi-year fundamentals...

Jan 29, 2026

JPMorgan Metals Division Head of Metals Christian Schirmeister quits

— a four-decade who began his career at in 1979 — in 2015, after the bank’s metals division had passed through a series of owners and restructurings (MG/// → J.P. Morgan) during his long tenure . Subs...

Jan 21, 2026

What are historical examples of metal refinery bottlenecks and how long did market premiums persist?

in metals markets have recurred in different shapes — from backlogs that pushed retail premiums higher for weeks to months, to closures and export logjams that produced regional premium spreads that p...

Nov 23, 2025

TIN

"Tin" can mean either a Tax Identification Number (TIN) used in tax systems or the metal tin; both uses appear in the results and carry different practical stakes (identity and tax compliance vs. supp...