ANGLO FAR-EAST ANNOUNCES NO SUPPLY DISRUPTION DESPITE RECORD DEMAND IN GLOBAL PRECIOUS METALS
Precious metals refinery capacity maxed out globally in recent weeks due to record levels of investor demand in the metals.
Recent currency volatility and financial institution fragility has been cited as the driving reasons for the record numbers of investors flocking to silver and gold in recent weeks looking for the stability and safe haven the metals have traditionally offered. Global bullion refining capacity has been quickly overwhelmed by the sudden spike in demand for physical bullion supply.
“People are often surprised to learn there are less than seventy industry accredited refiners in the entire world” said AFE’s bullion treasury manager Simon Heapes this week, “refineries have been running three fully staffed shifts most of the year. The industry is just not geared for such huge spikes in demand as we have seen in recent weeks”.
Many refineries are announcing long delivery delays and many are taking no further orders till Q1 quarter of 2009, particularly for refining of smaller investor type bars and coins, while North America coin dealers have been out of all stock for many weeks.
AFE announced this last week after weeks of record demand it continues uninterrupted supply to its clients with allocated good delivery bars through its network of long term supply relationships and unique global infrastructure. “In peak times like these, long term multi-decade relationships are critical” commented AFE’s Founding Director, Philip Judge. Meanwhile, AFE’s gold shekel distribution partner Joseph Wealth Systems is providing on time delivery to its growing numbers of customers and colleagues in 37 countries.
