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ooking at demand, Metals Focus sees growth in 2025 flatlining as industrial fabrication takes a hit from the global tariff war. This could be tempered by an anticipated rebound in demand from physical investment in silver bars and coins. The silver market is expected to experience a substantial deficit of 117.6 million ounces in 2025, amounting to the sixth straight year of supply shortage for the metal. By Melissa Pistilli for Investing News Network

Metals Focus, a leading precious metals consultancy, announced the publication of Precious Metals Investment Focus 2025/2026, its flagship annual report on investment in gold, silver and platinum group metals. The report features comprehensive historical data and a forecast for 2025/26. By Modern Mining

Platinum has emerged as the breakout performer of 2025’s precious metals surge, soaring nearly 90 percent to its highest level in over a decade. Metals Focus weighs in on whether its strength will continue, as well as the outlook for palladium. By Melissa Pistilli for Investing News Network

Despite the recent slump in prices, analysts remain bullish on gold heading into next year, with many forecasting the yellow metal to reach the pivotal $5,000/oz. level. Metals Focus, a UK-based precious metals consultancy, was among those making such a prediction. In its annual report, the firm wrote that it expects gold to challenge the $5,000 level in 2026. For the entire year, prices could average $4,560/oz., representing a 33% upside over 2025 levels, it added. By Mining.com

Platinum has emerged as the breakout performer of 2025’s precious metals surge, soaring nearly 90 percent to its highest level in over a decade. Metals Focus weighs in on whether its strength will continue, as well as the outlook for palladium. By Melissa Pistilli for Investing News network.

Precious metals consultancy Metals Focus says in its latest ‘Precious Metals Investment Focus’ report for 2025/26 that gold prices will continue to rise in 2026, with the metal likely to reach the $5 000/oz level. The consultancy explains that ongoing uncertainty on US trade policy, a weaker dollar and declining real interest rates are key drivers for an even higher gold price. By Marleny Arnoldi for Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly

This year, demand for the metal is expected to exceed supply for the fifth consecutive year, according to Silver Institute forecasts. “I think the deficits are the slow burn,” said Philip Newman, director of consultancy Metals Focus. “Just the size of the deficits have been so remarkable, and it takes time for that to manifest itself in the price.” By Mining.com

Metals Focus attributed the rising popularity of silver investing to superannuation accounts and the favourable tax structure applicable to physical silver investment products as the main reasons for Australia’s market growth.

“Silver’s relative popularity compared to gold among Australian retail investors is among the highest in the world,” the report said. “Although gold is often the starting point for investors looking to invest in precious metals, relative allocations to silver are larger than what we see elsewhere. By Kristie Batten for Stockhead

Independent precious metals research consultancy Metals Focus PGM research director Wilma Swarts was bullish at the PGMs Industry Day on palladium and rhodium, while S&P Global Commodity Insights senior mining analyst Jason Holden took a similar view on the supply of palladium, highlighted Mainama. By Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly

Despite recent pressures, silver prices are likely to head higher in the coming months, according to Chirag Sheth, Principal Consultant for South Asia at Metals Focus. Silver briefly weakened due to two factors – lower base metal prices and discussions in the US about cutting tax benefits on green energy. These affected sentiment since silver is used in electric vehicles and solar panels. By Manisha Gupta for CNBC

Metals Focus sees the global platinum market in a deficit of 529,000 ounces this year, but the resulting reduction in above-ground stocks will still leave them at 9.2 million ounces, equal to 14 months of demand – a fairly comfortable buffer. While uncertainty over U.S. trade policy on platinum lingers, raising import tariffs for the metal would ultimately be counterintuitive, says Wilma Swarts, director of PGMs at Metals Focus, as North American supply falls short of the region’s demand. By Polina Devitt and Anushree Ashish Mukherjee for Reuters

At the heart of gold’s appeal is its freedom from government liabilities, market experts gathered at the annual Asia Pacific Precious Metals Conference told CNBC on Monday. “Gold’s key advantage is that it is no one else’s liability,” said Nikos Kavalis, managing director at Metals Focus. “When an investor owns Treasurys, other sovereign bonds and even currencies, they are ultimately buying into the respective economy,” he said. By Lee Ying Shan for CNBC

Global gold supply is projected to rise by 1% in 2025, driven by higher mine production and steady recycling activity, according to the latest annual report by precious metals consultancy Metals Focus. The firm’s newly released Gold Focus 2025 report offers an in-depth examination of trends across gold supply, demand, pricing, and investment behavior, presenting both historical data from 2016 to 2024 and forecasts for the current year. By Matthew Evanoff for Mining Feeds

Significant gains in gold mine production will lift total global gold supply by 1% this year, precious metals consultancy Metals Focus has revealed in its newly published ‘Gold Focus 2025’ report. The yearly report, the latest edition of which was published this week, offers a comprehensive analysis of the global gold market. It includes historical supply-demand data from 2016 to 2024 and provides a detailed forecast for this year. By Darren Parker for Creamer Media

Metals Focus, a leading precious metals consultancy, has published its Gold Focus 2025, offering a comprehensive analysis of the global gold market. This flagship annual report includes historical, supply-demand data from 2016 to 2024 and provides a detailed forecast for 2025. By Modern Mining

LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) – Central banks worldwide are on track to buy 1,000 metric tons of gold in 2025, which would be their fourth year of massive purchases as they diversify reserves from dollar-denominated assets into bullion, consultancy Metals Focus said. Gold prices are up 29% so far this year after hitting a record high of $3,500 per troy ounce in April on geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to roll out his tariff policies. By By Polina Devitt for Reuters