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 Lens: Bond rebound sees mixed base metals trading - Mining News Net
• LME metals whipsawed by war and peace in first half of 2026 - Reuters
• 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
• 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
• Local coin shops ride out wild swings in gold and silver prices - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets

• Germany Rare Earth Metals Market Size, Share,Trends, Growth Analysis Report, 2030 - MarketsandMarkets
• Alcoa (NYSE:AA) Draws Attention As Metals Market Shifts - Kalkine Media
• 4 ways tariffs and geopolitics are impacting commodity markets - Waste Dive
• International Battery Metals’ Market Cap Drops To CA$40m Leaving Insiders With Losses - simplywall.st
• Precious metals market takes off again, while Japanese stocks and the Nasdaq show signs of movement – Market Review from August 10 to 12 - Moomoo