Metals Market Digest — 29 August 2026

🧱 LME Base Metals

• Warsh Turned Hawkish, Gold and Silver Plunged, Base Metals Fell Broadly, LME Tin and SHFE Nickel Led Declines, Alumina Rose Over 2% [Overnight Market] - Shanghai Metals Market
• LME Aluminum Stocks Are 95% Russian and Buyers Are Feeling the Gap - stonex.com
• 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

• 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
• Boom and bust of the recent silver and gold rush: the role of leveraged retail investors - Bank for International Settlements
• Platinum and Palladium Price Trends: H1 2026 Review and Forecast - Investing News Network

📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets

• Apex Critical Metals : Market Notice - Acquisition of shares by PDMR - marketscreener.com
• SMM-Rare Earth & Silicon Market Review - Shanghai Metals Market
• North-America Rare Earth Metals Market Size, Share,Trends, Growth Analysis Report, 2030 - MarketsandMarkets
• 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