Metals Market Digest — 31 August 2026
🧱 LME Base Metals
- LME Aluminum Stocks Are 95% Russian and Buyers Are Feeling the Gap - stonex.com
- 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
- 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
- Wells Fargo reiterates positive outlook for precious metals, still sees gold at $4,900 in 2026 - KITCO
- 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
- What new tariff walls in U.S.-Canada trade war mean for the economy’s critical metals - CNBC
- Ferrous Metals Market Prices, Data, and Analysis - S&P Global
- US Rare Earth Metals Market Size, Share,Trends, Growth Analysis Report, 2030 - MarketsandMarkets
- 4 ways tariffs and geopolitics are impacting commodity markets - Waste Dive
- Apex Critical Metals : Market Notice - Acquisition of shares by PDMR - marketscreener.com