China Launches It's Silver Weapon On Jan. 1. What That Means For Investors And Prices

[skews13]

In 2010, Beijing started “licensing” rare-earth exports. Not banning them, mind you. Just requiring paperwork. Approvals. Quotas that somehow never quite met demand. The effect was surgical; as prices spiked up to 4,500%, Western manufacturers discovered they couldn’t build smartphones or missiles without Chinese permission — and a generation of supply-chain executives learned Mandarin the hard way.

Every solar panel needs around 20 grams of silver. Every electric vehicle needs 25 to 50 grams. Every AI data center requires electricity. OpenAI’s Sam Altman is begging utilities for power. Meanwhile, China is locking up the silver used to manufacture the solar panels which generate that power.

This is not subtlety. This is strategy.

China’s new licensing regime sends a message to every Western manufacturer. If you want to build the future of energy, you will need to negotiate with Beijing. Maybe your silver shipment will be approved. Maybe there will be delays. Maybe you’ll find yourself suddenly interested in Chinese joint ventures and technology transfers.

Funny how that works.

MSN

All of the manufacturers and defense contractors that need silver and rare earth minerals, aren't run by Liberals, that Fox News two brain cell imbeciles like to think. And in case you didn't read the article, it takes 20-40 years to make the first ounce of anything, even if you discover new mines. It was right wing conservatives during the Nixon administration that sold our manufacturing base to China, and was supercharged by the Reagan administration, because they just knew they were going to get rid of them some unions. Now we rely on China for manufactured goods, agricultural trade, and even our medicine, and defense parts materials.

Be a real shame if China just decided next year to cut off all silver, and rare earth metals supply, and not buy any agricultural products from us at all. A real shame.

But hey. At least the Fox News two brain cell imbeciles will still have their panty waste Youtube influencers, which you have to be one dumb mother ****** if you are influenced by a Youtuber, to tell them what to be mad about tomorrow.

Did I mention you're just hours away from paying more for healthcare? No?

 

[Rogue AI]

The idiot liberal restrictions on mining can be rescinded and mines could open within a year if necessary. People seem to forget that we used to be able to do all sorts of things without having to wait decades. The problem isn't that China is the only one that has stuff, it's NIMBY asshole liberals who won't allow us to exploit our own resources. Anyway, solar is dead and dying.

Republicans are following a law liberals wrote and passed, and now liberals whine. Does the hypocrisy never end? That's rhetorical, we all know it never ends.

 

[luiza]

China Launches It's Silver Weapon​

We saw it coming ages ago and now I am running out of space for storing my Kilo Bars .
I started buying at £400 and now one costs over $2200 .
I will be amazed if they are not worth more than $5000 this time next year --- or sooner .

Watch out Elon . I am coming after you .

 

[Dekster]

Sounds like a rich folk problem. Since cellphones have their own cameras that don't need film, silver is not that important

 

[Manonthestreet]

The idiot liberal restrictions on mining can be rescinded and mines could open within a year if necessary. People seem to forget that we used to be able to do all sorts of things without having to wait decades. The problem isn't that China is the only one that has stuff, it's NIMBY asshole liberals who won't allow us to exploit our own resources. Anyway, solar is dead and dying.

Republicans are following a law liberals wrote and passed, and now liberals whine. Does the hypocrisy never end? That's rhetorical, we all know it never ends.

Come on man we gotta protect the 'viroment

 

[Manonthestreet]

The five largest silver mines in operation in US

Here are the five largest silver mines by production in the US, according to GlobalData’s mining database.

www.mining-technology.com

 

[Rogue AI]

Come on man we gotta protect the 'viroment

We need to become less dependent on others.

 

[Hafar1014]

In 2010, Beijing started “licensing” rare-earth exports. Not banning them, mind you. Just requiring paperwork. Approvals. Quotas that somehow never quite met demand. The effect was surgical; as prices spiked up to 4,500%, Western manufacturers discovered they couldn’t build smartphones or missiles without Chinese permission — and a generation of supply-chain executives learned Mandarin the hard way.

Every solar panel needs around 20 grams of silver. Every electric vehicle needs 25 to 50 grams. Every AI data center requires electricity. OpenAI’s Sam Altman is begging utilities for power. Meanwhile, China is locking up the silver used to manufacture the solar panels which generate that power.

This is not subtlety. This is strategy.

China’s new licensing regime sends a message to every Western manufacturer. If you want to build the future of energy, you will need to negotiate with Beijing. Maybe your silver shipment will be approved. Maybe there will be delays. Maybe you’ll find yourself suddenly interested in Chinese joint ventures and technology transfers.

Funny how that works.

MSN

All of the manufacturers and defense contractors that need silver and rare earth minerals, aren't run by Liberals, that Fox News two brain cell imbeciles like to think. And in case you didn't read the article, it takes 20-40 years to make the first ounce of anything, even if you discover new mines. It was right wing conservatives during the Nixon administration that sold our manufacturing base to China, and was supercharged by the Reagan administration, because they just knew they were going to get rid of them some unions. Now we rely on China for manufactured goods, agricultural trade, and even our medicine, and defense parts materials.

Be a real shame if China just decided next year to cut off all silver, and rare earth metals supply, and not buy any agricultural products from us at all. A real shame.

But hey. At least the Fox News two brain cell imbeciles will still have their panty waste Youtube influencers, which you have to be one dumb mother ****** if you are influenced by a Youtuber, to tell them what to be mad about tomorrow.

Did I mention you're just hours away from paying more for healthcare? No?

We have rare earths in America South Korea and Australia. Now that democrats are not i power we can mine them here

 

[westwall]

In 2010, Beijing started “licensing” rare-earth exports. Not banning them, mind you. Just requiring paperwork. Approvals. Quotas that somehow never quite met demand. The effect was surgical; as prices spiked up to 4,500%, Western manufacturers discovered they couldn’t build smartphones or missiles without Chinese permission — and a generation of supply-chain executives learned Mandarin the hard way.

Every solar panel needs around 20 grams of silver. Every electric vehicle needs 25 to 50 grams. Every AI data center requires electricity. OpenAI’s Sam Altman is begging utilities for power. Meanwhile, China is locking up the silver used to manufacture the solar panels which generate that power.

This is not subtlety. This is strategy.

China’s new licensing regime sends a message to every Western manufacturer. If you want to build the future of energy, you will need to negotiate with Beijing. Maybe your silver shipment will be approved. Maybe there will be delays. Maybe you’ll find yourself suddenly interested in Chinese joint ventures and technology transfers.

Funny how that works.

MSN

All of the manufacturers and defense contractors that need silver and rare earth minerals, aren't run by Liberals, that Fox News two brain cell imbeciles like to think. And in case you didn't read the article, it takes 20-40 years to make the first ounce of anything, even if you discover new mines. It was right wing conservatives during the Nixon administration that sold our manufacturing base to China, and was supercharged by the Reagan administration, because they just knew they were going to get rid of them some unions. Now we rely on China for manufactured goods, agricultural trade, and even our medicine, and defense parts materials.

Be a real shame if China just decided next year to cut off all silver, and rare earth metals supply, and not buy any agricultural products from us at all. A real shame.

But hey. At least the Fox News two brain cell imbeciles will still have their panty waste Youtube influencers, which you have to be one dumb mother ****** if you are influenced by a Youtuber, to tell them what to be mad about tomorrow.

Did I mention you're just hours away from paying more for healthcare? No?

You idiot, my state of Nevada has enough silver for the entire US manufacturing needs.

We ARE the silver state.

**** China!

 

[FireFly]

You idiot, my state of Nevada has enough silver for the entire US manufacturing needs.

We ARE the silver state.

**** China!

There are no active silver mines in Nevada. Only silver produced as a bi-product of Gold mining.

No new mining in the US under 5 years of Trump "de-regulation"

 

[Manonthestreet]

Alaska's primary silver mines are the massive underground Greens Creek Mine (Hecla Mining), the largest in the U.S. and a top global producer of silver, zinc, lead, and gold, and the Red Dog Mine (Teck Resources), a major zinc mine that also yields significant silver as a byproduct, making Alaska a top U.S. silver state. Other projects like Alaska Silver's Waterpump Creek are developing high-grade silver resources, building on the state's rich mineral potential, especially within its volcanic "Ring of Fire" regions.

 

[westwall]

There are no active silver mines in Nevada. Only silver produced as a bi-product of Gold mining.

No new mining in the US under 5 years of Trump "de-regulation"

Which is true EVERYWHERE in the world. With rare exception gold and silver are colocated, the products of a supergene enrichment.

Mining anywhere in the US is difficult thanks to enviro idiots. But there is a new mine that opened out near Elko, so you are wrong about that too.

 

[Churchill]

You idiot, my state of Nevada has enough silver for the entire US manufacturing needs.

We ARE the silver state.

**** China!

 

[westwall]

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Thanks to environmental idiots this is true. But we have more silver than they do. We just have government preventing us from getting it.

You're welcome.

 

[FireFly]

Which is true EVERYWHERE in the world. With rare exception gold and silver are colocated, the products of a supergene enrichment.

Mining anywhere in the US is difficult thanks to enviro idiots. But there is a new mine that opened out near Elko, so you are wrong about that too.

Only the Gold Rush Mine by Nevada Gold Mines opened under Biden in April 2024.

 

[westwall]

Only the Gold Rush Mine by Nevada Gold Mines opened under Biden in April 2024.

The Dark Star pit is being prepared as we speak.