Metals Market Digest — 1 May 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
• LME base metals decline d-o-d; zinc leads losses amid broad-based weakness - BigMint
• Crude Oil Continued to Rise, Base Metals Overseas Market Outperforms Domestic Market, Lithium Carbonate Up Over 2%, Stainless Steel and Coking Coal Up Over 1% [SMM Midday Review] - Shanghai Metals Market
• LME Lens: Base metals rebound, but copper traders cautious - Mining News Net

🥇 Precious Metals

• Precious Metals News: Gold, Silver, PGMs React to New Reality of Protracted War - Investing News Network
• 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
• Gold price rises as precious metals extend rally ahead of key US data - Investing.com
• Gold Price Falls. There’s a Path Toward $6,000 But It’s Fraught With Danger. - Barron’s

📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets

• Geopolitical risks, inflation concerns weigh on commodity markets - Anadolu Ajansı
• Rare Earth Metals Market Trends and Analysis by Application, Vertical, Region, and Segment Forecast to 2030 - EIN News
• [SMM Analysis] Cost Support Strengthened, Nickel Sulphate Prices Rose - Shanghai Metals Market
• LBMA Precious Metals Market Report: Q1 2026 - LBMA
• The Commodity Markets Outlook in eight charts - World Bank Blogs