Metals Market Digest — 17 May 2026

🧱 LME Base Metals

• What Was the Highest Price for Copper? - Investing News Network
• Weekly round-up: LME base metals gain momentum; Indian non-ferrous markets stay firm - BigMint
• Crude Oil Pulled Back, Base Metals Generally Rose; SHFE Copper, SHFE Zinc, LME Tin, and COMEX Silver Up Over 1%; Lithium Carbonate Down Over 3% [SMM Midday Review] - Shanghai Metals Market
• CHART: Copper price, aluminum ‘black hole’ fears lift LME base metals index to record high - Mining.com
• Base Metals LME Midday Snapshot Report - StoneX

🥇 Precious Metals

• Precious Metals News: Silver and Platinum Prices Decouple from Gold - Investing News Network
• Silver Price Today | Silver Spot Price Charts - SD Bullion
• Why are gold and silver prices down today, and will precious metals decline or rise again in near future? - The Economic Times
• Gold forecast and tracker: Where will prices land in 2026? - Yahoo Finance
• The Relative Value Prospects of Precious Metals in 2026 - CME Group

📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets

• The Commodity Markets Outlook in eight charts - World Bank Blogs
• India Precious Metals Market Trends and Report 2026-2034: Industry Reaching USD 15.3 Billion at 7.8% CAGR - openPR.com
• How US Manufacturing and Inflation Trends Impact the Precious Metals Market - Scioto County Daily News
• Breaking: The Metals Market – Gold (XAU/USD) and Silver (XAG/USD) flash crash - marketpulse.com
• Gold, silver, copper surge as explosive rally sweeps over metals market - Yahoo Finance