Metals Market Digest — 26 August 2026
🧱 LME Base Metals
- LME Aluminum Stocks Are 95% Russian and Buyers Are Feeling the Gap - stonex.com
- Crude oil falls for four consecutive sessions, metals broadly rise, LME copper approaches historical highs, NY silver up 1%, alumina down nearly 2% [SMM Noon Review] - Shanghai Metals Market
- LME metals whipsawed by war and peace in first half of 2026 - Reuters
- Copper Backwardation Collapses After 20,000 Tons Hit LME Warehouses - Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
- LME base metals tumble on renewed Iran tensions, U.S. rate hike expectations (AA:NYSE) - Seeking Alpha
🥇 Precious Metals
- Gold Price Breaks Out Above $4,600 – Silver Approaches $70 - Shanghai Metals Market
- Where gold price is headed next as Fed rate hike and inflation odds change direction - CNBC
- Silver Price Forecast: Silver Nears $70, Next Target Eyed at $90 - TradingKey
- Gold and Silver Price Forecast: Strong Dollar Keeps Precious Metals Under Pressure - FXEmpire
- World gold price today August 25: Unexpected turnaround, precious metals simultaneously decrease - Laodong.vn
📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets
- North-America Rare Earth Metals Market Size, Share,Trends, Growth Analysis Report, 2030 - MarketsandMarkets
- SMM-Rare Earth & Silicon Market Review - Shanghai Metals Market
- 4 ways tariffs and geopolitics are impacting commodity markets - Waste Dive
- World Bank’s Commodity Markets Outlook, April 2026 - Hinrich Foundation
- Chinese firms look to strike gold in a volatile global metals market - South China Morning Post