Import origins by country since 2010
Where US imports come from each month, by country and grade.
Ruthenium Price per kg (United States)
On the US Critical Minerals List and the EU Critical Raw Materials Act list.
Price per kg contained
$44,386
- 1M
- −5.4%
- 6M
- +12.8%
- 1Y
- +81.4%
- 5Y
- +100.4%
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The Stockatomics monthly US benchmark for ruthenium, in US dollars per kg contained.
$44,386
- 1m
- −5.4%
- 6m
- +12.8%
- 1y
- +81.4%
- 5y
- +100.4%
18 October 2026
- Benchmark price
- $44,386
- Import volume
- Locked
- All-imports price
- Locked
- Premium-priced imports
- Locked
- China share of imports
- Locked
- China unit-value spread
- Locked
- Origin countries
- Locked
At a glance
Ruthenium price key figures
- Price per kg contained
- $44,386
- 1-month change
- −5.4%
- 6-month change
- +12.8%
- 1-year change
- +81.4%
- 5-year change
- +100.4%
- 12-month high
- $47,929
- 12-month low
- $28,453
- Price month
- October 2026
- Price type
- Stockatomics monthly benchmark
- Last updated
- 18 October 2026
By month
Ruthenium monthly prices
The ruthenium benchmark for every month from January 2010 to October 2026, in US dollars per kg contained, newest first.
| Month | Price per kg contained | Change |
|---|---|---|
| $44,386 | 0.0% | |
| $44,386 | 0.0% | |
| $44,386 | −5.4% | |
| $46,904 | −2.1% | |
| $47,929 | +22.0% | |
| $39,289 | −16.4% | |
| $46,971 | +2.8% | |
| $45,701 | +16.2% | |
| $39,342 | +26.5% | |
| $31,091 | +8.3% | |
| $28,717 | +0.9% | |
| $28,453 | −1.5% | |
| $28,882 | +2.4% | |
| $28,201 | +15.3% | |
| $24,463 | +13.4% | |
| $21,577 | +7.4% | |
| $20,095 | +1.6% | |
| $19,773 | +2.6% | |
| $19,269 | +6.2% | |
| $18,135 | +17.2% | |
| $15,479 | +1.8% | |
| $15,211 | +5.1% | |
| $14,476 | −0.6% | |
| $14,558 | +11.8% | |
| $13,025 | +10.0% | |
| $11,842 | −8.5% | |
| $12,948 | +5.5% | |
| $12,274 | −7.5% | |
| $13,267 | +11.8% | |
| $11,865 | −11.0% | |
| $13,339 | +6.7% | |
| $12,499 | −2.6% | |
| $12,827 | −8.8% | |
| $14,064 | +3.4% | |
| $13,600 | −5.4% | |
| $14,376 | +2.6% | |
| $14,017 | +3.6% | |
| $13,525 | −8.3% | |
| $14,747 | +6.1% | |
| $13,898 | 0.0% | |
| $13,898 | −3.9% | |
| $14,465 | +24.0% | |
| $11,665 | −21.5% | |
| $14,865 | +7.7% | |
| $13,801 | −6.4% | |
| $14,750 | −0.5% | |
| $14,828 | +8.4% | |
| $13,683 | −15.2% | |
| $16,142 | +5.8% | |
| $15,259 | −14.3% | |
| $17,795 | −1.4% | |
| $18,049 | −2.0% | |
| $18,426 | −5.8% | |
| $19,568 | +2.2% | |
| $19,147 | +20.2% | |
| $15,930 | +9.7% | |
| $14,520 | −17.1% | |
| $17,509 | +8.1% | |
| $16,196 | −17.1% | |
| $19,525 | −4.0% | |
| $20,335 | +2.8% | |
| $19,790 | −10.6% | |
| $22,143 | +14.3% | |
| $19,380 | +14.1% | |
| $16,982 | +4.1% | |
| $16,317 | +37.3% | |
| $11,882 | +16.8% | |
| $10,171 | +12.3% | |
| $9,057 | +21.6% | |
| $7,446 | −11.7% | |
| $8,435 | −4.3% | |
| $8,812 | +2.1% | |
| $8,631 | +2.2% | |
| $8,443 | +0.9% | |
| $8,365 | −0.8% | |
| $8,437 | +1.2% | |
| $8,337 | +1.2% | |
| $8,234 | −1.1% | |
| $8,327 | +12.8% | |
| $7,384 | −11.4% | |
| $8,338 | +3.4% | |
| $8,062 | +8.9% | |
| $7,405 | −1.1% | |
| $7,490 | −1.1% | |
| $7,570 | −4.1% | |
| $7,891 | −0.5% | |
| $7,933 | +1.0% | |
| $7,856 | −7.3% | |
| $8,471 | −2.3% | |
| $8,667 | −2.5% | |
| $8,891 | −0.2% | |
| $8,907 | −3.1% | |
| $9,187 | +2.9% | |
| $8,925 | 0.0% | |
| $8,923 | +3.7% | |
| $8,603 | +1.9% | |
| $8,446 | +3.0% | |
| $8,201 | +2.9% | |
| $7,973 | +8.1% | |
| $7,373 | +5.6% | |
| $6,985 | +2.6% | |
| $6,809 | +16.8% | |
| $5,829 | −20.8% | |
| $7,357 | +7.9% | |
| $6,816 | +32.0% | |
| $5,164 | +13.7% | |
| $4,544 | +114.8% | |
| $2,115 | −54.2% | |
| $4,614 | +115.1% | |
| $2,145 | +9.7% | |
| $1,954 | −3.8% | |
| $2,031 | +5.7% | |
| $1,921 | +14.0% | |
| $1,685 | +6.4% | |
| $1,583 | −12.5% | |
| $1,808 | −10.8% | |
| $2,028 | +16.9% | |
| $1,735 | −6.0% | |
| $1,846 | +4.3% | |
| $1,770 | −11.2% | |
| $1,992 | +38.6% | |
| $1,437 | −11.5% | |
| $1,624 | −2.2% | |
| $1,661 | −0.5% | |
| $1,669 | −5.1% | |
| $1,759 | +9.8% | |
| $1,602 | −15.3% | |
| $1,892 | −10.5% | |
| $2,115 | +28.5% | |
| $1,646 | +8.0% | |
| $1,524 | −29.4% | |
| $2,160 | +22.2% | |
| $1,768 | −30.5% | |
| $2,544 | +52.3% | |
| $1,670 | −11.8% | |
| $1,894 | +22.1% | |
| $1,552 | +4.4% | |
| $1,486 | −8.3% | |
| $1,620 | −4.9% | |
| $1,703 | −7.9% | |
| $1,849 | +0.8% | |
| $1,833 | −2.6% | |
| $1,882 | −26.4% | |
| $2,557 | +14.5% | |
| $2,233 | −2.6% | |
| $2,293 | −8.7% | |
| $2,513 | +4.4% | |
| $2,408 | −4.5% | |
| $2,522 | −18.6% | |
| $3,100 | +31.8% | |
| $2,351 | +11.2% | |
| $2,115 | +9.9% | |
| $1,925 | +5.0% | |
| $1,833 | −3.6% | |
| $1,902 | +11.8% | |
| $1,701 | −16.8% | |
| $2,045 | −9.7% | |
| $2,265 | −18.8% | |
| $2,790 | +0.8% | |
| $2,767 | +3.5% | |
| $2,674 | +3.7% | |
| $2,577 | −0.5% | |
| $2,591 | +2.2% | |
| $2,536 | −4.5% | |
| $2,655 | −4.1% | |
| $2,769 | +0.3% | |
| $2,760 | −15.8% | |
| $3,278 | −5.7% | |
| $3,476 | +1.5% | |
| $3,424 | −0.7% | |
| $3,450 | −4.9% | |
| $3,628 | −3.0% | |
| $3,742 | −0.6% | |
| $3,764 | −4.0% | |
| $3,921 | +1.4% | |
| $3,865 | +18.9% | |
| $3,250 | +10.0% | |
| $2,954 | −22.9% | |
| $3,829 | −11.8% | |
| $4,339 | −14.2% | |
| $5,057 | −10.8% | |
| $5,671 | +4.4% | |
| $5,430 | +6.1% | |
| $5,119 | −5.3% | |
| $5,406 | +5.7% | |
| $5,115 | −10.2% | |
| $5,695 | +4.2% | |
| $5,467 | −3.3% | |
| $5,653 | +18.2% | |
| $4,781 | −13.7% | |
| $5,539 | −2.8% | |
| $5,700 | +4.8% | |
| $5,438 | +26.1% | |
| $4,312 | −35.6% | |
| $6,692 | −6.7% | |
| $7,170 | −3.7% | |
| $7,450 | +1.0% | |
| $7,374 | +25.8% | |
| $5,863 | +2.3% | |
| $5,728 | +17.0% | |
| $4,897 | +4.9% | |
| $4,668 | - |
Summary
Ruthenium price summary
Ruthenium has fallen 5.4% in the past month.
Over the past 12 months it has ranged from $28,453 to $47,929 per kg contained.
Over one year the price has changed +81.4%, and over five years +100.4%.
Uses
What ruthenium is used for
Ruthenium (Ru) is a platinum group metal used mostly in electronics: in the thick-film resistors on circuit boards and in the thin layers of hard disk drives. It is also an important electrochemical material, coating the electrodes of the chlor-alkali industry, and a growing candidate for the smallest interconnects in advanced chips.
Other uses
- Chemical catalysts, including for ammonia synthesis
- Hardening platinum and palladium jewellery
- Electrodes for hydrogen production
- Solar cell and battery research
Market
Ruthenium supply and demand factors
Ruthenium is a by-product of platinum mining in South Africa and Russia, with supply set by platinum output. Demand comes mostly from electronics, data storage and the chlor-alkali industry, and it can swing sharply with electronics cycles. With a small, illiquid market, modest changes in demand have produced dramatic price spikes.
What moves the price
- South African and Russian platinum output
- Electronics and hard disk demand
- Chlor-alkali and catalyst demand
- Emerging use in advanced chips
History
Ruthenium price history
Ruthenium is notorious for spikes. Demand from hard disk drives sent prices soaring in 2007, and another surge followed in 2021 as electronics and chemical demand met limited supply. Each time, prices fell back as demand cooled.
As of October 2026, the Stockatomics benchmark price is $44,386 per kg contained.
Production
Where ruthenium is produced
Ruthenium is a by-product of platinum mining, mostly in South Africa and Russia, with smaller amounts from Zimbabwe. Supply depends entirely on platinum and nickel mining rates.
Criticality
Why ruthenium is a critical mineral
Ruthenium is on the US critical minerals list, and the platinum group metals are on the EU critical raw materials list. Electronics and electrochemistry depend on it, and supply is a by-product of platinum mining in South Africa and Russia.
Benchmark
How the ruthenium benchmark price is calculated
Stockatomics publishes a monthly US benchmark price for ruthenium in US dollars per kg contained, reading as of October 2026. The price is for contained ruthenium metal, not for a resistor paste.
Converting the price
- Per troy ounce, the unit used for precious metals: divide the price per kg by 32.15
Stocks
Ruthenium stocks
Listed companies with ruthenium in their business, and their role in it.
| Company | Ticker | Exchange | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sibanye-Stillwater | SBSW | NYSE | Producer |
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The Stockatomics Terminal has the full picture for ruthenium, for subscribers.
Full price history with all import series
The benchmark beside the all-imports and premium-priced import prices, with volumes.
Supply scores and constraints
Supply concentration, elasticity and the constraints behind them.
Companies and production exposure
Which listed companies produce it, and how much of their value depends on it.
FAQ
Ruthenium price FAQ
What is the price of ruthenium per kg today?
The Stockatomics US benchmark price of ruthenium is $44,386 per kg contained as of October 2026. Stockatomics updates it every month.
What is ruthenium used for?
Electronics, including chip resistors and hard disk drives, electrochemical electrode coatings and chemical catalysts.
Who produces ruthenium?
Mostly South Africa and Russia, as a by-product of platinum mining.
Why does ruthenium spike in price?
Its market is small and illiquid, so surges in electronics or chemical demand can push prices up sharply before supply catches up.
How is the ruthenium benchmark price calculated?
The Stockatomics benchmark for ruthenium is a monthly US price in US dollars per kg contained, published every month and current as of October 2026. How the benchmark is calculated.
Sources
Sources
- U.S. trade data: the monthly ruthenium price.
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): the US critical minerals list.
- Company filings: the listed companies and their roles.