According to precious metals specialist research consultancy Metals Focus, a company which was primarily formed by former GFMS analysts and marketers following the latter’s acquisition by Thomson Reuters a couple of years ago, global silver output may have peaked in 2014. The consultancy is one of the primary analytical firms involved in researching precious metals supply and demand, and in its latest Precious Metals Weekly newsletter gives us some insight into what it sees happening this year in terms of global silver production..