Metals Market Digest — 28 August 2026

🧱 LME Base Metals

• LME Aluminum Stocks Are 95% Russian and Buyers Are Feeling the Gap - stonex.com
• Base Metals: LME Outperforms SHFE, SHFE Tin, Alumina, and Stainless Steel Fall Over 1%, COMEX and SHFE Silver, SHFE Zinc Lead Gains [SMM Midday Review] - Shanghai Metals Market
• COMMENTARY: 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

• Natixis raises gold price target to $5,000 as U.S. debt and bond market fears mount - KITCO
• 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
• Gold and Silver Price Forecast: Strong Dollar Keeps Precious Metals Under Pressure - FXEmpire
• Silver Price Forecast: Silver Nears $70, Next Target Eyed at $90 - TradingKey

📈 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
• Chinese firms look to strike gold in a volatile global metals market - South China Morning Post
• South African Platinum Group Metals Market Size, Growth & Share to 2034 - Straits Research