leaving by the truckloadfrom last nites lemotropole.comHi Bill,
"The COMEX Silver stockpiles continue to validate Adrian Douglas and Ted Butler’s analysis that there is a run on COMEX Silver. Last week there were 1,202,563 ounces received at COMEX and 4,240,455 ounces withdrawn. This resulted in a net reduction of 3,037,892 ounces to 99,848,049 ounces remaining. Some of the daily movements from individual warehouses included receivables of 600,095 and 600,469 ounces and withdraws of 591,131 ounces, 511,443 ounces, 521,071 ounces, 597,640 ounces, and 624,033 ounces. 600,000 ounces of Silver weighs 41,143 lbs. The payload capacity of a standard tractor trailer is 40 to 45 thousand pounds in order to keep total weight under the 80,000 lb highway limit. Aluminum frame trucks have a somewhat higher payload capacity.
In other words, Silver is leaving COMEX by the truck load. Four of these five truckload withdraws were from the eligible category. I am not positive, but I believe that if a new purchaser buys Silver in the contract month and takes delivery to a location other than a COMEX warehouse, then this Silver must come from the registered category. The fact that these truck loads are being removed from the eligible category indicates that people who have bought the Silver in past months or years and had it sitting in the warehouses all this time are now taking deliver off the exchange. These truck loads are not going to people’s basement safes. To me, the most likely explanation is major Silver users are now forced to raid their piggy banks due to scarce Silver. Annual Silver demand in the United States is around 250 million ounces, so there is enough demand to cause reductions at the rates we have been seeing. Regards,
-Bryant "
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