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" Inside a six-storey-high warehouse near Singapore's Changi Airport, a vast hangar-like space is waiting to be filled with a precious metal that usually plays second fiddle to its more lustrous sibling.
The vault that is being built by Silver Bullion will - when completed in the first half of next year - be able to store about 15,000 tonnes of silver. It is holding only around 400 tonnes of the metal at the moment, but the vacant space is an indication that silver appears to be on the cusp of a promising few years.
Demand for coins and bars is booming, fuelled in part by a Reddit-induced buying frenzy in February that drove prices to an eight-year high. While the fervour has abated, retail interest is still elevated, valuations are relatively cheap and measures are being taken to meet the surge in demand. The amount of silver stored in vaults in London rose 11 per cent in March to a record, according to the London Bullion Market Association.
As well as the Singapore vault, JM Bullion, one of the biggest precious metals retailers in the United States, plans to open a 25,000 sq ft warehouse in Dallas in June that will be used for storing silver and other precious metals.
The metal's crucial role in the energy transition - it is a key component in solar panels - also looks set to buoy consumption over the longer term. All this has analysts excited about silver's potential, with some seeing it outperforming gold this year.
"The outlook for demand growth for silver over the next few years looks very positive, especially across a wide range of industrial applications, including solar, 5G and automotive," said Mr Philip Klapwijk, managing director of Hong Kong-based consultant Precious Metals Insights. "That, coupled with ongoing high levels of investment, is likely to create the need for more dedicated storage space for silver in bullion and also intermediate forms.""