Silver dropped 6.7%, while copper, an industrial metal tied to global growth, fell 3.3%.
It is more of an industrial metal that responds to the industrial cycle, particularly vehicle demand.
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That improved macroeconomic confidence drove inflows into industrial metal ETPs, led by demand for copper, he said.
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History shows that the red industrial metal can be a leader of significant price movements in the stock market.
Copper is not the only industrial metal to do well this year.
Reflecting the economic confidence, the price of copper, an industrial metal closely tied to global growth prospects, gained 1.4% to a three-month high.
Second warning: Silver is also more vulnerable to economic events, as the huge slump of late 2008 proves, because it is predominantly an industrial metal.
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Platinum: As a primarily industrial metal, platinum plays the role of catalyst in the processing of petroleum and chemicals such as nitric acid, fertilizers and synthetic fibers.
The British conglomerate thrives by pulling maximum value from natural resources, headlined by its majority interest in African diamond giant De Beers and dominant operations in platinum mining and industrial metal production.
The precious metal silver and copper, an industrial metal, were particularly hard hit during the final four weeks of the quarter as silver lost 27.9% and copper lost 24.9% during the month of September.
The team made a new, smaller island out of wood salvaged from school desks, got rid of a number of cabinets and put in industrial-style metal shelving.
Alas, the silicon metal restrictions constitute a big problem for Dow Corning and other industrial consumers of silicon metal, but a bigger problem for the economy.
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Silver is caught in a Catch-22 between industrial demand versus precious metal demand.
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Agricultural, industrial and other precious metal commodity prices have also been extraordinarily volatile since Nixon severed the last link between dollar and gold.
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Silver, meanwhile, is likely to stay range-bound as it is does not have the safe-haven allure gold does, plus it could find additional weight from a slowing global economy which would limit the industrial use of the metal.
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Mercury can be released into the environment through a number of industrial processes including mining, metal and cement production, and the burning of fossil fuels.
It did well shifting from a metal-bashing industrial economy in the 1970s to a high-tech and service economy by the 1990s, just across the river from Manhattan.
Analysts at Standard Bank (SA) note that silver stockpiles remain high (especially in China) and that demand from the industrial sector for the white metal is tepid at best.
Originally designed for an automotive parts manufacturer, Plex Online is being adopted by aerospace and defense, food and beverage, high tech and electronics, industrial machinery, and precision metal manufacturers.
The train carriages, each carrying 62 passengers seated at comfortable booth-style tables, are surprisingly lofty, with large windows and a dash of industrial chic via the solid metal crossbeams near the ceiling.
The sunny patio is adorned with industrial art including massive, rusty metal sculptures of gears, screws, nuts and bolts.
After running from a house in Kings Norton, Birmingham, the man climbed on a roof at an industrial unit and threw tiles and metal poles at officers.
That's right: If investors had purchased a scarce metal with very limited industrial uses ten years ago they would have wildly outperformed an index loaded with America's most promising companies.
Physical gold is still available, but physical silver in particular, which appeals to smaller investors because it is more accessibly priced and has industrial uses as well as precious metal value can take a month or more to reach the hands of buyers.
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Because of their industrial use, platinum tends to trade more like copper, based on industrial demand, than as a precious metal.
Medical toxicologists use chelation for cases of serious heavy metal poisoning, such as from industrial accidents.
Platinum also has some characteristics of a precious metal, but its primary use is industrial, specifically catalytic converters in motor vehicles.
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Mark Masciarotte of DSG Associates says some lovers of heavy metal are even converting oceangoing 100-foot industrial tugs, an idea he calls "a loser, " since the hull is by far the cheapest part of any yacht.
It used to be that silver traded primarily with the outlook for the global economy, as the metal is widely used in a vast array of industrial capacities.
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