Metals Market Digest — 18 April 2026
🧱 LME Base Metals
- Base Metals LME Midday Snapshot Report - stonex.com
- CHART: Copper price, aluminum ‘black hole’ fears lift LME base metals index to record high - Mining.com
- Crude Oil Plunged, US Dollar Fell for Three Consecutive Weeks, Metals Generally Rose, LME Aluminum and SHFE Nickel Dropped Over 2%, Copper and Silver Posted Four-Week Winning Streak [Overnight Market] - Shanghai Metals Market
- LME traders were pricing the wrong metal supply crisis - Reuters
- LME base metals prices show mixed picture amid uneven cues; aluminium market tightens on tariffs - BigMint
🥇 Precious Metals
- Precious Metals Price Update: Gold, Silver, PGMs Stage Relief Rally on Iran Peace Deal Hopes - Investing News Network
- Silver Price Today | Silver Spot Price Charts - SD Bullion
- Why are gold and silver prices down today, and will precious metals continue to drop or rise again? Analys - The Economic Times
- Gold Price Falls. There’s a Path Toward $6,000 But It’s Fraught With Danger. - Barron’s
- Silver Price Today Surges: Bitcoin World Data Reveals Significant Precious Metals Momentum - CryptoRank
📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets
- Rising Industrial Demand Shifts Precious Metals Market Balance - stonex.com
- Kazakhstan strengthens position in commodity markets amid rising metal prices - Qazinform
- No precious metals market report on Friday, April 3 - Reuters
- How the Iran war is reshaping commodity markets in 2026 - Oxford Economics
- From copper oversupply to aluminium crisis: Middle East conflict reshapes metals market - alcircle