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Global price forecast of rare earth oxides 2014-2025

Forecast of rare earth oxide prices worldwide from 2014 to 2025

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