Why Silver Miners don't spike as does the metal

Especially when the metal price goes parabolic, silver miner investors grow wary and hardly pay anything more than a few days earlier, when silver broke above its short consolidation range.

The acquisition hunger of First Majestic Silver

Silver mining investors won't have missed the news that First Majestic Silver will acquire Gatos Silver as soon as shareholders will have given their consent. With a 'friendly takeover': agreed by the boards of both miners, there is little doubt that the acquisition will run its course.