Holmium Price per kg (United States)

In the past year the monthly price has moved between $80.18 and $80.18.

Measured over the past year, holmium is +4.5%.

Holmium (Ho) has the strongest magnetic moment of any element, yet its best-known use is medical: holmium lasers break up kidney stones and treat enlarged prostates with precision. It is also used in pole pieces that concentrate magnetic fields in powerful magnets, and in a small number of permanent magnet grades.

Other uses

• Control rods and absorbers in nuclear reactors
• Glass colouring and spectrophotometer calibration standards
• Research magnets and magnetic refrigeration
• Specialty optical and laser materials

Holmium is a minor heavy rare earth produced alongside dysprosium and terbium, mostly in China. Its market is small and specialised, led by medical lasers and magnetic applications, so its price tends to follow the broader heavy rare earth complex and Chinese policy rather than its own demand.

What moves the price

• Heavy rare earth output and export policy in China
• Medical laser demand
• Magnet industry use
• New separation capacity elsewhere

Holmium's price follows the heavy rare earth complex, with a spike in 2011 and swings tied to Chinese supply policy since. Its small market means quoted prices can move sharply on modest trades.

As of October 2026, the Stockatomics benchmark price is $80.18 per kg contained.

Holmium is produced with the other heavy rare earths, mostly from the ionic clays of southern China and Myanmar, and separated almost entirely in China. Output is tiny and depends on how much dysprosium and terbium producers choose to make.

Holmium is on the US critical minerals list, and the heavy rare earths are on the EU critical raw materials list. Volumes are tiny, and separated supply is concentrated in China.

Stockatomics publishes a US benchmark price for holmium in US dollars per kg contained, reading as of October 2026. The price is quoted per kg of oxide. US trade in holmium is very thin, so its price moves less often than those of the higher-volume minerals.

Converting the price

• Holmium oxide contains about 87% holmium