Metals Market Digest — 18 August 2026
🧱 LME Base Metals
- Base Metals Fell Broadly; SHFE Copper, SHFE Tin, NY Silver, and Polysilicon Dropped More Than 1%, While Ferrous Metals Mostly Rose [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.com
- Where will silver and gold prices head this August? Experts weigh in - CBS News
- Boom and bust of the recent silver and gold rush: the role of leveraged retail investors - Bank for International Settlements
- 21-carat gold price rises by SYP 100 in Syrian market - سانا
📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets
- International Battery Metals’ Market Cap Drops To CA$40m Leaving Insiders With Losses - simplywall.st
- Green Bridge Metals: Market Stays Cold Despite Minnesota Drilling Momentum - AD HOC NEWS
- Precious metals market takes off again, while Japanese stocks and the Nasdaq show signs of movement – Market Review from August 10 to 12 - Moomoo
- 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