Metals Market Digest — 17 July 2026
🧱 LME Base Metals
- Base Metals Mostly Lower, LME Nickel and Alumina Down Over 1%, SHFE Lead Up Over 2%, Platinum, Palladium, SHFE Silver Lead the Decline [SMM Midday Commentary] - Shanghai Metals Market
- LME metals whipsawed by war and peace in first half of 2026 - Reuters
- LME base metals tumble on renewed Iran tensions, U.S. rate hike expectations (AA:NYSE) - Seeking Alpha
- CHART: Copper price, aluminum ‘black hole’ fears lift LME base metals index to record high - Mining.com
- Metals Show Mixed Performance, LME Lead, LME Nickel, and SHFE Lead Rise Over 1%, Gold and Silver Pull Back, SHFE Silver Falls Over 3% [Overnight Quotes] - Shanghai Metals Market
🥇 Precious Metals
- Silver Price Today | Silver Spot Price Charts - SD Bullion
- Gold and Silver Price Forecast: Will US CPI Trigger a Break Below Key Support? - FXEmpire
- Bank of America sees value in gold miners even after cutting 2026 gold price forecast - KITCO
- Gold price outlook: Could prices hit $6,000 in 2026? - Yahoo Finance
- Local coin shops ride out wild swings in gold and silver prices - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets
- 4 ways tariffs and geopolitics are impacting commodity markets - Waste Dive
- NEXT WEEEK: 2026 Platinum Group Metals Market Outlook - Register Now - KITCO
- 2026 Platinum Group Metals Market Briefing and Yearbook by CPM Group - News and Statistics - IndexBox
- Chinese firms look to strike gold in a volatile global metals market - South China Morning Post
- Non-Ferrous Metals Market Prices, Data, and Analysis - S&P Global