The data shows a forecast of the price development of rare earth oxides globally from 2014 to 2025. By 2018, lanthanum oxide is forecasted to have a price of 7,904 USD per metric ton. There are 17 rare earth elements and although, they may be fairly abundant in the Earth's crust, often they occur at sparse intervals are are less economically exploitable.
Lanthanum oxide (US$/metric ton) | 5955 | 7904 | 6558 | 6932 |
Cerium oxide (US$/metric ton) | 8847 | 5516 | 3248 | 3308 |
Praseodymium oxide (US$/metric ton) | 121257 | 122931 | 113 | 119093 |
Neodymium oxide (US$/metric ton) | 71180 | 107729 | 105 | 148444 |
Samarium oxide (US$/metric ton) | 7601 | 6884 | 4519 | 4887 |
Europium oxide (US$/kilogram) | 918 | 721 | 418 | 372 |
Gadolinium oxide (US$/metric ton) | 25485 | 28473 | 19982 | 23437 |
Terbium oxide (US$/kilogram) | 788 | 868 | 556 | 577 |
Dysprosium oxide (US$/kilogram) | 456 | 454 | 367 | 378 |
Holmium oxide (US$/kilogram) | 63 | 46 | 20 | 22 |
Erbium oxide (US$/kilogram) | 71 | 155 | 128 | 143 |
Ytterbium oxide (US$/kilogram) | 51 | 76 | 45 | 48 |
Lutetium oxide (US$/kilogram) | 1258 | 1258 | 1258 | 1258 |
Yttrium oxide (US$/kilogram) | 21 | 54 | 35 | 38 |