Metals Market Digest — 21 August 2026
🧱 LME Base Metals
- Crude oil sees fifth straight gain; metals show mixed performance; LME aluminum, LME nickel, coking coal drop over 1%; NY silver surges over 3% [Overnight Market] - 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 Lens: Bond rebound sees mixed base metals trading - Mining News Net
- LME base metals tumble on renewed Iran tensions, U.S. rate hike expectations (AA:NYSE) - Seeking Alpha
🥇 Precious Metals
- Central Bank of Armenia: exchange rates and prices of precious metals - 21-08-26 - Armenpress
- Where gold price is headed next as Fed rate hike and inflation odds change direction - CNBC
- Where will silver and gold prices head this August? Experts weigh in - CBS News
- Wells Fargo Revises Gold Price Target for Remainder of 2026 - Margin Guidance - Vinanet
- Boom and bust of the recent silver and gold rush: the role of leveraged retail investors - Bank for International Settlements
📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets
- Japan Rare Earth Metals Market Size, Share,Trends, Growth Analysis Report, 2030 - MarketsandMarkets
- 4 ways tariffs and geopolitics are impacting commodity markets - Waste Dive
- Alcoa (NYSE:AA) Draws Attention As Metals Market Shifts - Kalkine Media
- France Rare Earth Metals Market Size, Share,Trends, Growth Analysis Report, 2030 - MarketsandMarkets
- International Battery Metals’ Market Cap Drops To CA$40m Leaving Insiders With Losses - simplywall.st