{"id":128063,"title":"Silver Surges to Highest Level in Decades Amid Escalating US-China Trade Tensions","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2025-10-13T08:01:04+00:00","modified":"2026-06-21T23:42:16+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/silver-surges-to-highest-level-in-decades-amid-escalating-us-china-trade-tensions/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/silver-surges-to-highest-level-in-decades-amid-escalating-us-china-trade-tensions.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/silver-surges-to-highest-level-in-decades-amid-escalating-us-china-trade-tensions.json","category":"Mining","categories":["Mining"],"tags":["AIM","Alien Metals","ASX","Blue Moon","canada","Creswick","drill targets","ECR","ECR Minerals","Elizabeth Hill","ETFs","FCM","First Class Metals","FMET","Fulcrum Metals","GGP","Gold","Greatland","Greatland Resources","Havieron","mining stocks","Newmont","North Hemlo","Ontario","Schreiber-Hemlo","silver","Small Cap","Sunbeam","Telfer","UFO","Western Australia","Wishbone Gold","WSBN"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GOLD-SILVER-OCT-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C801&quality=80&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"Silver prices have soared to their highest level in decades following renewed trade tensions between the United States and China.\n\n[!\\[\\](https://www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AU_AG_2-300x169.webp)](https://www.share-talk.com/gold-and-silvers-record-run-what-it-means-for-investors-in-2025/)\n\n[Gold and Silver’s Record Run: What It Means for Investors in 2025](https://www.share-talk.com/gold-and-silvers-record-run-what-it-means-for-investors-in-2025/)\n\n**Spot silver** climbed as much as **2.7%** to surpass **$51 an ounce**, exceeding last week’s intraday high and bringing it within striking distance of its **record peak of $52.50** set in 1980.\n\nThe broader precious metals rally has accelerated this year amid mounting geopolitical uncertainty. **Gold** also reached new milestones, breaking through the **$4,000-an-ounce** barrier for the first time last week. On Monday, bullion rose a further **1.1%** to trade at **$4,060.01 an ounce**.\n\n“Kyle Rodda, an analyst at Capital.com, commented: *‘Just when geopolitical and trade risks were diminishing tailwinds for gold, we’ve got this flare-up in US-China tensions.’*”"}