Market Dashboard

At-a-glance view of the strategic materials market — biggest 30-day price moves, retail-to-bulk premium spread, data coverage across the 31 tracked elements, and current regulatory state. Every figure is derived from the underlying observation data; nothing on this page is editorial.

Data as of Methodology →

30-day movers

Largest absolute % change over the trailing 30-day window. For each element we pick the higher-confidence tier (retail or bulk). Most current windows span only two distinct observation days, so confidence is generally low — the chip on each row shows the underlying coverage.

Biggest gainers 19

  1. La Lanthanum $685.0/kg +761k% low · retail
  2. Sm Samarium $1936/kg +225k% low · retail
  3. Y Yttrium $10.0/kg +116k% low · retail
  4. Er Erbium $1887/kg +34.1k% low · retail
  5. Pr Praseodymium $90.0/kg +17.7k% low · retail
  6. V Vanadium $1530/kg +16.7k% low · retail

Biggest decliners 3

  1. Nb Niobium $925.5/kg −76.6% low · retail
  2. Tb Terbium $10.8k/kg −7.3% low · retail
  3. Ga Gallium $410.0/kg −4.8% low · retail

Excluded for lack of 30-day data: 9 of 31 elements. See full Market Movements feed for all detected events.

Regulatory snapshot

Element count by Chinese export-control posture (catalog field export_control_status) and current regulatory state (regulatory_status). Cards link to the full Regulatory Tracker.

13 Restricted Export licence required 11 Monitored Customs reporting only 7 Unrestricted No control regime 15 Active Control regime in force 5 Suspended Listed but currently paused 11 Clear No active controls

Retail premium leaderboard

Latest retail price ÷ latest bulk price for elements where both tiers have at least one observation. A higher ratio means a wider gap between collector / lab-supply prices and wholesale. Ratios below 1 are highlighted — rare cases where retail undercuts the bulk benchmark.

# Element Retail Bulk Premium ×
1 Li Lithium $6500 $10 650×
2 V Vanadium $1530 $24 64×
3 Ho Holmium $4865 $106 46×
4 Lu Lutetium $16800 $707 24×
5 Co Cobalt $540 $24 23×
6 Tb Terbium $10800 $600 18×
7 Nb Niobium $926 $72 13×
8 Tm Thulium $10960 $965 11×
9 Ce Cerium $28 $3 10×
10 Sc Scandium $10200 $1000 10×
11 Ta Tantalum $2800 $280 10×
12 Nd Neodymium $600 $80 7.5×
13 Te Tellurium $629 $112 5.6×
14 Dy Dysprosium $380 $110 3.5×
15 Ga Gallium $410 $200 2.1×
16 Yb Ytterbium $36 $185 0.19×

16 of 31 elements have both retail and bulk prices recorded.

Data coverage map

A tile per tracked element, colored by underlying observation coverage. We don’t hide thin coverage — rich elements earn confidence; sparse elements get a small swatch and the number of observations recorded so far.

  • Rich 4
  • Moderate 19
  • Sparse 8
Li 2 Sc 12 V 16 Co 4 Ga 9 Ge 5 Se 3 Y 5 Zr 3 Nb 4 Mo 4 In 5 Sb 4 Te 17 La 8 Ce 9 Pr 5 Nd 10 Sm 6 Eu 4 Gd 13 Tb 12 Dy 10 Ho 23 Er 6 Tm 14 Yb 4 Lu 12 Ta 2 W 4 Bi 3

Coverage is graded from the number of distinct days an element appears in the price history. Definition lives in Methodology.