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Silver Shortage 2025-2026

The physical availability of silver is constrained due to a multi-year structural deficit, creating acute stresses in delivery markets and higher prices.

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Jan 12, 2026
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What indicators signal an actual physical silver shortage versus temporary market tightness?

A true physical silver shortage is signalled when multiple market layers—futures distortions (backwardation), spiking lease rates, collapsing inventories across major hubs, and sustained regional prem...

Jan 15, 2026

silver availability

The physical availability of silver is constrained today by a multi-year structural deficit—mine output has stalled while industrial and investment demand surged—creating acute stresses in delivery ma...