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#RedditTraders #Silver Frenzy calmed on Friday as investors weigh whether push by r/wallstreetbets board posters to create a short squeeze has legs

#Silver frenzy calmed on Friday as investors in miners' shares to ETF's and even the physical metal weigh whether a push by Reddit posters to create a short squeeze has legs. Silver has emerged as one of the latest targets of the r/wallstreetbets board  

Posts encouraged people to pile into IShares Silver Trust, the largest silver exchange-traded fund, and one described it as "THE BIGGEST SHORT SQUEEZE IN THE WORLD".

"It is true that the combined efforts of those on the Reddit forums can dramatically influence the price of individual stocks, but if you compare the size of the entire silver market to the market cap of the individual companies that forums have recently targeted, we don't see this as having potential to significantly move silver into a short squeeze scenario," said John Feeney, business development manager at Guardian Vaults, a Sydney-based dealer.

"Silver's market cap is too large and those on the forums typically want to see quick gains, so I wouldn't read into it too much," he said.

More on the silver market's volatile Thursday
Spot silver jumped as much as 6.8%, the most since August Options volume in IShares Silver Trust climbed to a record First Majestic Silver Corp., cited on Reddit as a short-squeeze target, gained more than 20% Silver Options Market Volume Surges on Reddit-Fueled Swings Spot Silver Bounces Off Key Average in Day-Trader Surge: Chart

See the whole story on Bloomberg here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-29/silver-seizes-the-spotlight-following-reddit-day-trader-frenzy?utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-commodities&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=commodities&sref=VxHCy32x

#Pandemic Accelerates #MiningTech Investment

The pandemic is accelerating investment in automation and technology upgrades by mining companies to reduce the numbers of staff on site, according to the chief executive of the world’s largest mining drilling equipment manufacturer.

Miners were already updating equipment to cope with lower grade material and deeper mines, which often involve more water. They have also been responding to pressure from investors to reduce carbon emissions. More are using electric trucks, for example, and every big miner now has a net zero carbon target.

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“Given the pandemic, that has really been identified as an area where automation and digitalisation can help. With connected machines, when you send a technician to site, you know what the problem is. If anything, the pandemic has increased the transition to new technology,” she told the Financial Times.

Ms Hedblom said the mining industry had “huge potential” to improve sustainability, safety and productivity. The average age of mining equipment is increasing, she added, offering opportunities both in new sales and in servicing older machinery.

Chief of machinery maker Epiroc says interest in automation and electrification is ‘coming from everywhere’

See the whole article on the FT here: 

Pandemic accelerates mining tech investment

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