Yes, different races can now have an appropriate array of metals. So you'll see various groups using the different special metals.
Still debating who gets what, a little bit.
Frost Giants get Glacium, of course.
High Elves get Mithril.
Dyansauri get Tempered/Blood/Night Crystal
Violet Xelics get all of the Crystals, including Void.
Hobgoblins should have something significant, but I haven't decided what yet. Possibly Mithril like the High Elves, since the hobgoblins are their Evil counterpart.
Chaos Dwarves get pretty much everything, of course. They're supposed to be your worst enemies.
I'm thinking that perhaps the Silver Xelics will get the Elemental metals to better differentiate them from the Violet Xelics.
Can't decide what to do with the goblins, though. Right now I think the best they get is Bright Silver. Which is decent, but still pretty weak compared to what a lot of the other races get.
Vamarii and Humans probably get the short end of the stick, being pretty much stuck with Bronze. But that's ok. I don't want too many trading partners showing up with good stuff. That'd probably get a bit too easy.
Bugbears, of course, get squat. Might even knock them down so that they really only get to use Copper, Silver, and Gold from native deposits. They're supposed to be pretty primitive and poor at metalworking, after all.
Sand Raiders need thought.