Metals Market Digest — 30 April 2026

🧱 LME Base Metals

• US Fed’s Biggest Disagreement in 34 Years, Crude Oil Surged, Base Metals Fell Across the Board, LME Aluminum, SHFE Nickel, and Silver Futures Led Declines [Overnight Market] - Shanghai Metals Market
• 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
• LME traders were pricing the wrong metal supply crisis - Reuters
• LME base metals prices face pressure; Strait of Hormuz concerns support crude prices - BigMint

🥇 Precious Metals

• Why are gold and silver prices down now, and will precious metals continue to drop or rise again? Gold extends fall after US Fed keeps rate unchanged. Here’s analysts insights, market outlook - The Economic Times
• Why Is Gold Falling? Gold Price Risk Crash to $3,400 - Finance Magnates
• Precious Metals News: Gold, Silver, PGMs Trade Sideways on High-Stakes US-Iran Stalemate - Investing News Network
• Gold price rises as precious metals extend rally ahead of key US data - Investing.com
• Boliden Beats Q1 2024 Earnings Estimates, Driven by Gold Price Surge - Global Banking & Finance Review

📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets

• Geopolitical risks, inflation concerns weigh on commodity markets - Anadolu Ajansı
• South Korea Precious Metals Market Size: Gold Demand, Consumer Growth & Forecast to 2034 - vocal.media
• Rare Earth Metals Market Trends and Analysis by Application, Vertical, Region, and Segment Forecast to 2030 - EIN News
• Progress continues in low-carbon metals market, even as premiums remain difficult to achieve: comment - EUROMETAL
• LBMA Precious Metals Market Report: Q1 2026 - LBMA