Metals Market Digest — 4 September 2026

🧱 LME Base Metals

• Dollar Slumps, Metals Mostly Rise; LME Tin, Alumina, Coking Coal Gain Over 1%; Gold and Silver Surge, NY Silver Up Over 3% [Overnight Market] - Shanghai Metals Market
• COMMENTARY: 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
• LME base metals tumble on renewed Iran tensions, U.S. rate hike expectations (AA:NYSE) - Seeking Alpha
• Copper Backwardation Collapses After 20,000 Tons Hit LME Warehouses - Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

🥇 Precious Metals

• Gold, silver price corrections may create buying opportunities despite hawkish Fed, says analyst - KITCO
• 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
• Central Bank of Armenia: exchange rates and prices of precious metals - 03-09-26 - Armenpress
• Platinum and Palladium Price Trends: H1 2026 Review and Forecast - Investing News Network

📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets

• Precious Metals Market at 6.2% CAGR to Grow from USD 326.9 Billion in 2026 to USD 561.9 Billion by 2035 - WBOC TV
• What new tariff walls in U.S.-Canada trade war mean for the economy’s critical metals - CNBC
• Why Does Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) Matter In Today’s Metals Market? - Kalkine Media
• Precious Metals Market Size, Share & Growth Report 2035 | MRFR - Market Research Future
• US Rare Earth Metals Market Size, Share,Trends, Growth Analysis Report, 2030 - MarketsandMarkets