Which effect on the price has 0,5% of a world production, 116 tonnes or 3,7 Moz silver? At present, ETF's hold 600 Moz, 160 times that much. Maybe a couple dollarcents?
@goldpelican That is not true anymore, only for Gold Eagles http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-107publ201/pdf/PLAW-107publ201.pdf http://www.financialsense.com/contr...1/04/silver-sales-surpass-domestic-production http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Silver_Eagle And isnt this collapsed mine a copper mine?
To see if this mine landslide is much of a big deal, just watch Rio Tinto's share price and I dont see anything to suggest that mine closure will significantly affect its earnings thus wont move the silver market.