Mike Maharrey: Impact of China's new silver export rules has been overstated
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2026-01-18 11:16 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Mike Maharrey
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, January 15, 2026
The impact of Chinese silver export rules won't be as significant as many initially thought.
Last week I reported that China was attempting to control the silver market using more restrictive export rules and that it could exacerbate global silver shortages. China has used a similar strategy to control the markets for other rare earth metals.
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Clive Maund: A roundup about the metals as the fiat money system collapses
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2026-01-18 11:05 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Clive Maund
CliveMaund.com
Friday, January 16, 2026
With a massive metals bull market in full swing, it's always worth us stepping back from time to time to review the big picture.
The background to all this is of course the accelerating collapse of the current fiat money system in the face of hopeless, intractable mountains of debt with the "can kicking" enabled by derivatives, etc., coming to the end of the road as the amounts of new money required to just maintain the status quo accelerate into the infinite.
Silver's torrid rally has Americans in frenzy to buy, sell coins
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2026-01-18 10:29 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Yvonne Yue Li
Bloomberg News
via Mining.com / The Northern Miner, Toronto
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
The last time silver was this hot, Reddit posters piled in to drive prices even higher, creating a frenzy that overwhelmed dealers. The metal's current rally has set off a similar dynamic.
Retail stampede fuels silver's wild rally
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2026-01-18 09:33 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Leslie Hook
Financial Times, London
Friday, January 16, 2026
At Dillon Gage, a refinery in Texas, workers are toiling round the clock to melt down jewelry, dining sets, and even old dental fillings, but it is still struggling to keep pace with customers' rush to sell the family silver.
"We are running three shifts, seven days a week," says president Terry Hanlon. "We can’t keep up."
Gold and silver futures sold in commodity index rebalancing were bought and quickly converted to physical, Maguire tells LFTV
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-01-16 21:54 Section: Daily Dispatches9:54p ET Friday, January 16, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
London metals trader Andrew Maguire is back with the first 2026 episode of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program, noting that this week's much-feared commodity index rebalancing that sold billions of dollars of gold and silver futures failed to knock down prices as the futures were purchased for quick conversion to real metal.
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'The dollar is losing credibility': Why central banks are scrambling for gold
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-01-16 13:09 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Richard Partington
The Guardian, London
Friday, January 16, 2026
Fifteen minutes after takeoff, the call came for Serbia's central bank governor: Millions of dollars' worth of gold bars, destined for a high-security Belgrade vault, had been left on the runway of a Swiss airport.
In air freight -- despite the extraordinary value of bullion -- fresh flowers, food, and other perishables still take priority. "We learned this the hard way," Jorgovanka Tabakovic told a conference late last year.
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