Crimex warehouses : Registered metals (available for physical delivery).
For Silver the registered inventories have been depleted by some 18% in Dec.
For Gold no significant reduction in the registered inventory.
For both inventories total registered+eligible show no significant change over Dec.
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Crimex doesn’t appear to have too much difficulty to replenish the inventories
Undoubtedly the Crimex will change the rules with immediate effect once the inventories get below a minimum threshold so that only the biggest inside traders can still request and obtain physical delivery.