Import origins by country since 2010
Where US imports come from each month, by country and grade.
Tantalum Price per kg (United States)
On the US Critical Minerals List and the EU Critical Raw Materials Act list.
Price per kg contained
$628.07
- 1M
- −6.4%
- 6M
- +38.1%
- 1Y
- +38.3%
- 5Y
- +92.4%
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The Stockatomics monthly US benchmark for tantalum, in US dollars per kg contained.
$628.07
- 1m
- −6.4%
- 6m
- +38.1%
- 1y
- +38.3%
- 5y
- +92.4%
18 October 2026
- Benchmark price
- $628.07
- 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
Tantalum price key figures
- Price per kg contained
- $628.07
- 1-month change
- −6.4%
- 6-month change
- +38.1%
- 1-year change
- +38.3%
- 5-year change
- +92.4%
- 12-month high
- $670.80
- 12-month low
- $403.49
- Price month
- October 2026
- Price type
- Stockatomics monthly benchmark
- Last updated
- 18 October 2026
By month
Tantalum monthly prices
The tantalum benchmark for every month from January 2010 to October 2026, in US dollars per kg contained, newest first.
| Month | Price per kg contained | Change |
|---|---|---|
| $628.07 | 0.0% | |
| $628.07 | 0.0% | |
| $628.07 | −6.4% | |
| $670.80 | +16.6% | |
| $575.10 | −0.7% | |
| $579.01 | −11.9% | |
| $657.01 | +41.5% | |
| $464.39 | +2.1% | |
| $454.93 | −3.3% | |
| $470.67 | +16.6% | |
| $403.49 | −13.6% | |
| $466.86 | −0.3% | |
| $468.44 | −3.9% | |
| $487.40 | +7.3% | |
| $454.15 | +3.9% | |
| $436.97 | −8.7% | |
| $478.57 | +8.6% | |
| $440.52 | +14.7% | |
| $384.02 | +12.2% | |
| $342.19 | +9.3% | |
| $312.98 | −8.7% | |
| $342.64 | −12.1% | |
| $389.86 | +22.1% | |
| $319.42 | −32.3% | |
| $471.60 | +25.7% | |
| $375.04 | −6.2% | |
| $399.82 | +30.4% | |
| $306.64 | −8.3% | |
| $334.57 | −0.3% | |
| $335.56 | +2.6% | |
| $327.05 | +33.0% | |
| $245.94 | −23.2% | |
| $320.42 | −7.9% | |
| $348.06 | −7.0% | |
| $374.15 | +12.8% | |
| $331.62 | +4.8% | |
| $316.35 | −7.3% | |
| $341.27 | −2.2% | |
| $348.98 | +10.4% | |
| $316.05 | −20.9% | |
| $399.63 | +13.4% | |
| $352.44 | −1.2% | |
| $356.90 | +34.5% | |
| $265.37 | −11.8% | |
| $300.84 | +0.3% | |
| $300.08 | −12.1% | |
| $341.42 | −9.0% | |
| $375.01 | +8.5% | |
| $345.68 | +13.8% | |
| $303.76 | −16.5% | |
| $363.88 | −5.2% | |
| $384.04 | +9.8% | |
| $349.85 | −7.3% | |
| $377.22 | +11.2% | |
| $339.17 | +12.2% | |
| $302.19 | −13.1% | |
| $347.90 | +25.4% | |
| $277.40 | −9.2% | |
| $305.59 | +6.7% | |
| $286.39 | −9.3% | |
| $315.87 | +4.6% | |
| $302.12 | −7.5% | |
| $326.44 | +26.9% | |
| $257.27 | −29.3% | |
| $363.90 | +10.2% | |
| $330.35 | +14.1% | |
| $289.45 | +2.5% | |
| $282.47 | +0.6% | |
| $280.86 | −1.6% | |
| $285.35 | −5.9% | |
| $303.32 | +32.8% | |
| $228.38 | −37.5% | |
| $365.28 | +6.1% | |
| $344.18 | +11.4% | |
| $308.84 | −2.7% | |
| $317.40 | +2.6% | |
| $309.25 | +1.2% | |
| $305.57 | +0.4% | |
| $304.25 | −0.8% | |
| $306.75 | +2.6% | |
| $299.04 | +1.9% | |
| $293.42 | +1.4% | |
| $289.49 | −16.6% | |
| $347.11 | +14.7% | |
| $302.66 | −1.3% | |
| $306.52 | +2.2% | |
| $299.86 | −2.6% | |
| $307.98 | +2.3% | |
| $301.09 | −10.7% | |
| $337.03 | +11.6% | |
| $301.97 | +1.6% | |
| $297.19 | +5.6% | |
| $281.32 | −18.5% | |
| $345.38 | +0.8% | |
| $342.68 | −6.0% | |
| $364.54 | +25.7% | |
| $290.12 | −18.4% | |
| $355.53 | +4.3% | |
| $340.87 | +3.0% | |
| $330.82 | −8.9% | |
| $363.06 | +3.5% | |
| $350.88 | −0.1% | |
| $351.10 | +3.0% | |
| $340.98 | +10.2% | |
| $309.39 | +7.3% | |
| $288.31 | +1.2% | |
| $284.95 | +2.0% | |
| $279.44 | +3.9% | |
| $268.90 | +1.3% | |
| $265.43 | +4.3% | |
| $254.51 | −6.1% | |
| $271.14 | +2.5% | |
| $264.63 | +3.7% | |
| $255.08 | +5.6% | |
| $241.61 | −1.3% | |
| $244.71 | −3.0% | |
| $252.33 | −1.5% | |
| $256.23 | +8.8% | |
| $235.58 | +4.8% | |
| $224.75 | −9.3% | |
| $247.88 | +9.5% | |
| $226.46 | −17.4% | |
| $274.07 | −8.3% | |
| $298.78 | +3.4% | |
| $288.89 | +7.4% | |
| $268.96 | −11.1% | |
| $302.53 | −1.5% | |
| $307.02 | +2.8% | |
| $298.73 | −4.8% | |
| $313.90 | +0.6% | |
| $311.91 | −4.3% | |
| $325.87 | −5.4% | |
| $344.59 | +9.6% | |
| $314.47 | +14.8% | |
| $273.85 | −21.7% | |
| $349.94 | −3.1% | |
| $360.95 | +2.3% | |
| $352.94 | +1.5% | |
| $347.59 | −6.2% | |
| $370.67 | +1.0% | |
| $366.91 | −1.8% | |
| $373.47 | +16.2% | |
| $321.37 | −14.8% | |
| $377.01 | −14.8% | |
| $442.64 | +13.2% | |
| $391.15 | +6.5% | |
| $367.35 | −5.0% | |
| $386.86 | +2.6% | |
| $376.99 | +3.0% | |
| $366.18 | −4.7% | |
| $384.29 | +4.9% | |
| $366.32 | −3.6% | |
| $380.14 | −4.3% | |
| $397.19 | +51.9% | |
| $261.48 | −38.9% | |
| $428.15 | +36.8% | |
| $313.00 | −20.3% | |
| $392.48 | −9.1% | |
| $431.96 | +22.2% | |
| $353.51 | −3.3% | |
| $365.41 | −20.3% | |
| $458.52 | +22.2% | |
| $375.19 | +9.7% | |
| $342.14 | +4.6% | |
| $327.18 | −10.1% | |
| $363.92 | +2.3% | |
| $355.57 | +28.1% | |
| $277.60 | −36.2% | |
| $434.83 | +9.9% | |
| $395.63 | +17.5% | |
| $336.82 | −10.8% | |
| $377.40 | −1.7% | |
| $383.78 | −13.2% | |
| $442.01 | −2.5% | |
| $453.27 | +79.3% | |
| $252.74 | −38.8% | |
| $412.84 | +4.7% | |
| $394.47 | −8.8% | |
| $432.41 | +25.8% | |
| $343.72 | −5.4% | |
| $363.31 | +2.9% | |
| $353.07 | −4.9% | |
| $371.29 | +0.2% | |
| $370.67 | +23.6% | |
| $299.93 | +15.6% | |
| $259.44 | −3.6% | |
| $269.23 | +127.2% | |
| $118.52 | −4.1% | |
| $123.55 | −15.3% | |
| $145.92 | −40.0% | |
| $243.03 | +27.4% | |
| $190.75 | −6.8% | |
| $204.77 | −9.5% | |
| $226.37 | +7.0% | |
| $211.56 | +13.1% | |
| $187.07 | +6.4% | |
| $175.78 | +4.7% | |
| $167.84 | +11.0% | |
| $151.26 | −6.9% | |
| $162.52 | +5.0% | |
| $154.72 | +12.4% | |
| $137.61 | - |
Summary
Tantalum price summary
The price is down 6.4% over the past month and +38.3% over the past year.
In the past year the monthly price has moved between $403.49 and $670.80.
Measured over longer windows, tantalum is +38.3% on the year and +92.4% over five years.
Uses
What tantalum is used for
Tantalum (Ta) is used mostly as powder and wire in tantalum capacitors, small and highly reliable components in phones, laptops, cars, medical implants and defence electronics. It is also an alloying element in superalloys for jet engines and power turbines, and sputtering targets of tantalum lay down barrier layers in semiconductor chips.
Other uses
- Corrosion-resistant chemical process equipment
- Medical implants
- Tantalum carbide for cutting tools
- Lenses and optical coatings
Market
Tantalum supply and demand factors
Tantalum supply comes from small mines and artisanal producers, much of it from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, alongside Brazil, Nigeria and Australia. Processing is concentrated in China and a few Western plants, and supply chains are subject to conflict-mineral rules. Demand is led by capacitors, superalloys and semiconductors.
What moves the price
- Supply from Central Africa and conflict-mineral compliance
- Electronics demand for capacitors
- Aerospace superalloy demand
- Recycling and Chinese processing
History
Tantalum price history
Tantalum prices famously spiked in 2000, when the dot-com boom drove capacitor demand, and rose again around 2010 and 2011. Since then they have moved in a range, influenced by supply from Central Africa and by conflict-mineral rules.
As of October 2026, the Stockatomics benchmark price is $628.07 per kg contained.
Production
Where tantalum is produced
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda supply a large share of tantalum concentrate, alongside Brazil, Nigeria and Australia. Processing is concentrated in China and a few Western plants.
Criticality
Why tantalum is a critical mineral
Tantalum is on the US critical minerals list and the EU critical raw materials list. Capacitors and superalloys depend on it, and a large share of concentrate comes from a small, hard-to-audit region of Central Africa.
Benchmark
How the tantalum benchmark price is calculated
Stockatomics publishes a monthly US benchmark price for tantalum in US dollars per kg contained, reading as of October 2026. The price is per kg of contained tantalum, not for a capacitor.
Converting the price
- Tantalum ore is often quoted per pound of tantalum pentoxide, which contains about 82% tantalum: multiply the contained price per kg by about 0.37 for an equivalent price per pound of pentoxide
Stocks
Tantalum stocks
Listed companies with tantalum in their business, and their role in it.
| Company | Ticker | Exchange | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrada Mining | ATM | AIM | By-product producer |
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The Stockatomics Terminal has the full picture for tantalum, 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
Tantalum price FAQ
What is the price of tantalum per kg today?
As of October 2026, the US benchmark price of tantalum is $628.07 per kg contained. Stockatomics updates it every month.
What is tantalum used for?
Tantalum capacitors in phones, computers, cars and defence electronics, superalloys for jet engines and sputtering targets for chips.
Where does tantalum come from?
A large share comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, with Brazil, Nigeria and Australia also producing.
What are conflict minerals?
Minerals whose trade may finance armed conflict. Tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold are covered by US and EU conflict-mineral rules, which require companies to check their supply chains.
How is the tantalum benchmark price calculated?
The Stockatomics benchmark for tantalum 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 tantalum price.
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): the US critical minerals list.
- Company filings: the listed companies and their roles.