Beryllium Price per kg (United States)

Its 12-month range runs from a low of $1,600 to a high of $1,600.

It is +6.7% over the past year.

Beryllium (Be) is lighter than aluminum yet stiffer than steel, and it keeps its shape across extreme temperatures. Most of it is used in copper-beryllium alloys, the springs and connectors that carry current reliably in electronics, cars and telecommunications. Pure beryllium metal goes into aerospace and defence systems where stiffness and lightness matter most: satellite structures, missile guidance and the mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope.

Other uses

• Beryllium oxide ceramics that draw heat away from electronics
• X-ray windows in medical and scientific instruments
• Neutron reflectors in research and nuclear reactors
• Non-sparking tools for oil, gas and mining

Beryllium is one of the smallest and most closely held markets in this list. Supply comes mainly from a single integrated US producer and from China, and processing beryllium safely requires specialised facilities, so new entrants are rare. Demand is driven by aerospace, defence, electronics and telecoms, much of it under long-term contracts. Prices are therefore set privately and change slowly.

What moves the price

• Defence and aerospace programmes
• Electronics and telecommunications demand for copper-beryllium
• Output from the few integrated producers
• Strategic stockpiling

Beryllium has no exchange: most metal moves under long-term contracts between a handful of producers and their aerospace, defence and electronics customers. Prices therefore change slowly and are rarely reported publicly.

As of October 2026, the Stockatomics benchmark price is $1,600 per kg contained.

The United States mines most of the world's beryllium, at Spor Mountain in Utah, and China is the next largest producer. Smaller amounts of beryl come from Mozambique, Brazil and other countries. Processing beryllium safely requires specialised facilities, which only a few companies operate.

Beryllium is on the US critical minerals list and the EU critical raw materials list. It is difficult to substitute in aerospace, defence and electronics, and Western supply rests on a very small number of plants, chiefly a single integrated producer in the United States.

Stockatomics publishes a US benchmark price for beryllium in US dollars per kg contained, reading as of October 2026. The price is for beryllium metal, not for beryllium-copper alloy or ore. Beryllium trades in small volumes, mostly under long-term contracts, so its price moves less often than those of exchange-traded metals.

Converting the price

• Per pound: multiply the price per kg by 0.4536