Metals Market Digest — 5 April 2026

🧱 LME Base Metals

• LME traders were pricing the wrong metal supply crisis - Reuters
• StoneX Quarterly Base Metal Outlook Q1 2026 - stonex.com
• Copper Price Update: Q2 2025 Review - What’s Next for the Red Metal? - Investing News Network
• Fastmarkets monthly base metals market update - Fastmarkets
• Tin Hits Record Above $51,000 on LME After Broad Metals Rally - Bloomberg.com

🥇 Precious Metals

• Precious Metals Price Update: Gold, Silver, PGMs Slide, Rally, Slide on Trump’s War Rhetoric - Investing News Network
• Precious Metal Price Forecasts 2026: Gold, Silver Platinum and Palladium - BullionVault
• What is gold and silver price prediction for Monday, and will precious metals continue to drop or rise aga - The Economic Times
• The Relative Value Prospects of Precious Metals in 2026 - CME Group
• Iran war won’t change precious metals’ trajectory – but a recession would – with silver and PGMs set to suffer the worst – Heraeus - KITCO

📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets

• No precious metals market report on Friday, April 3 - Reuters
• Iran’s attacks on aluminum producers are sending shockwaves through the metals market - msn.com
• Strait of Hormuz Closure Divides Commodity Markets: Metals Struggle Amid Oil Surge - AD HOC NEWS
• From copper oversupply to aluminium crisis: Middle East conflict reshapes metals market - alcircle
• Trump Tariff Expiry Brings Short-Term Easing in Metals Market—Yet Core Supply Gaps Persist - Bitget