Metals Market Digest — 14 August 2026
🧱 LME Base Metals
- LME base metals up as US-Iran peace talks resume - Fastmarkets
- 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
- Metals broadly advanced, with lithium carbonate up nearly 3%, and LME and SHFE tin, coking coal and coke, COMEX and SHFE silver, etc. up over 1% [SMM Midday Review] - Shanghai Metals Market
- CHART: Copper price, aluminum ‘black hole’ fears lift LME base metals index to record high - Mining.com
🥇 Precious Metals
- Where gold price is headed next as Fed rate hike and inflation odds change direction - CNBC
- Silver Price Today | Silver Spot Price Charts - SD Bullion
- Gold Price Rally August 2026: Why Gold Hit $4,400 on Cooling CPI Data - Intellectia AI
- LBMA snapshot survey predicts gold price average near $4,500/oz by year-end - KITCO
- Gold Price Forecast: July Marked a Major Bottom — Miners Set to Outperform - FXEmpire
📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets
- Precious metals market takes off again, while Japanese stocks and the Nasdaq show signs of movement – Market Review from August 10 to 12 - Moomoo
- The Commodity Markets Outlook in eight charts - World Bank Blogs
- 4 ways tariffs and geopolitics are impacting commodity markets - Waste Dive
- Chinese firms look to strike gold in a volatile global metals market - South China Morning Post
- Gold Surges, Silver Sinks: Why the Fed’s Hawkish Pause Is Splitting the Precious Metals Market - NAI500