Metals Market Digest — 17 September 2026

🧱 LME Base Metals

• COMMENTARY: LME traders were pricing the wrong metal supply crisis - Reuters
• LME Aluminum Stocks Are 95% Russian and Buyers Are Feeling the Gap - stonex.com
• 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
• China’s Metals Mania Sends Copper Soaring Past $14,000 a Ton - Bloomberg.com

🥇 Precious Metals

• A hawkish Fed won’t keep gold price down for long - FxPro’s Kuptsikevich - KITCO
• Gold and Silver Price Forecast: Strong Dollar Keeps Precious Metals Under Pressure - FXEmpire
• Reasons for silver price drop, what pressure is dominating the precious metals market - Laodong.vn
• Silver price surge revives Nord’s Gowganda tailings near Cobalt - Mining.com
• Silver and gold prices stage a cautious rebound — but analysts see slim hopes for a sustained rally - CNBC

📈 Metals Pricing & Other Markets

• Glitter Bug Gold Buyers Launches Orange County Precious Metals Market Data Initiative - markets.businessinsider.com
• Fed in Focus as Metals Market Faces New Crossroads - UzDaily.uz
• Germany Rare Earth Metals Market Size, Share,Trends, Growth Analysis Report, 2030 - MarketsandMarkets
• Michael Fuljenz Wins NLG Award for Metals Market Report - CoinNews
• What new tariff walls in U.S.-Canada trade war mean for the economy’s critical metals - CNBC