Loading ...That’s true in both metals. In silver increasing uses is increasing a demand that’s not temporary like in the days of the Hunt Brothers cornering the silver market. It was still basically a byproduct of mining back then. Now the demand is increasing and it’s not temporary but a constant and likely increased demand in the future years making it also more profitable to refine.
Because if industry needs it they might be willing to pay more to get it.
Addendum Of course we know about the paper shenanigans trading what they didn’t have driving silver down. Well what’s miners gonna say. Sorry all you folks who need silver we can’t afford to refine it. There just might be some accountability and a lot of angry people wanting to investigate them coming their way