With Mexico finally releasing its mine supply data for April, the top two silver producers saw their combined silver output decline by 53%. To give you an idea of the amount of lost silver mine supply from Mexico and Peru, it was more than all the global gold production that…
With the data now finally out, Peru’s silver mine production collapsed in April. Due to the shutdown of a large portion of Peru’s mining industry, as a result of the global contagion, the impact on the world’s second-largest silver supply was enormous. While I had mentioned in previous articles that…
Now that the Peruvian Government announced an extension of the country’s state of emergency until April 26th, the world’s first and second-largest silver producers have taken 40% of global silver mine supply offline for a month. Actually, Peru first announced its national quarantine on March 15th. So, the country’s mines…
As the world financial system heads closer to the abyss, global production of the second most important precious metal, silver, continues to deal with serious problems. According to Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines, the country’s largest primary silver mine saw its production plummet by 54% in the first quarter…