Metals Market Digest — 17 August 2026
🧱 LME Base Metals
- Metals Rose Broadly; LME and SHFE Copper and SHFE Nickel Led the Gains; Platinum, Palladium, and SHFE Silver Lead the Gains; Lithium Carbonate Fell More Than 1% [SMM Midday Commentary] - Shanghai Metals Market
- 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
- CHART: Copper price, aluminum ‘black hole’ fears lift LME base metals index to record high - Mining.com
🥇 Precious Metals
- Silver Price Today | Silver Spot Price Charts - SD Bullion
- Where gold price is headed next as Fed rate hike and inflation odds change direction - CNBC
- 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
- Gold Price Rally August 2026: Why Gold Hit $4,400 on Cooling CPI Data - Intellectia AI
📈 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
- International Battery Metals’ Market Cap Drops To CA$40m Leaving Insiders With Losses - simplywall.st
- 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
- Survival and sustainability: Navigating the realities facing the metals market - ABB