#66 Dy

Dysprosium Price

Heavy Rare Earth Export Licence

Essential additive for high-temperature NdFeB magnets.

Main trade forms: Oxide (Dy₂O₃)
Available from: CN, MM, AU

Last update: 2026-04-04
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Retail Reference

$4740/kg

Metal 99.9% (3N) · 10 g

the_periodic_guy (eBay) · IL · 2026-04-04

Bulk Benchmark

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Export Licence Chinese export licence required for Dysprosium in all controlled forms. Regulatory Tracker →

MOFCOM/GAC Announcement No. 18/2025 (effective 4 April 2025) controls all dysprosium forms — metal, oxide (Dy₂O₃), alloys, compounds, and finished magnet rotors containing Dy — under item 1C907 [2]. Dysprosium is one of the seven medium and heavy rare earths in the No. 18/2025 control basket.

The October 2025 escalation measures are suspended until 28 November 2026 [3], but the No. 18/2025 baseline regime remains fully in force. Dy is the most price-sensitive element in the EV magnet supply chain.

Applications

Application	Role	Significance
High-temperature NdFeB magnets	Dy/Tb substitution at the (Nd,Dy)₂Fe₁₄B grain boundary	~90% of Dy demand. Without Dy, NdFeB magnets demagnetise above ~100 °C. Required for EV traction motors, wind turbines operating at elevated temperatures.
Magnetostrictive alloys	Tb–Dy–Fe (Terfenol-D)	Ultrasonic transducers, sonar projectors, precision actuators
Nuclear control rods	Dy₂O₃ in TiO₂ ceramic absorbers	Long-life PWR control rod absorbers; Dy has high thermal-neutron capture cross-section
Dysprosium iodide lamps	DyI₃ in metal-halide arc lamps	Studio motion-picture lighting, stadium lighting (legacy use)
Dosimeters	CaSO₄:Dy and Dy-doped fluorides	Thermoluminescent dosimetry for radiation monitoring

Market & Supply

Global Dy₂O₃ production ~1,400 t/year (REO basis)

China refined supply share ~99%

Magnet share of demand ~90%

Source mineralogy Ion-adsorption clays (S. China, Myanmar)

Export control MOFCOM/GAC No. 18/2025 [2]

Oxide bulk benchmark $320–$420/kg (FOB China)

Oxide retail (1 kg) $450–$700/kg

Hand-portioned metal $1,500–$8,000/kg

Verified Offers

Dysprosium is the most expensive of the routinely traded rare earths. The auto-rendered table shows tracked retail listings — institutional procurement should reference Argus or Asian Metal benchmarks rather than gram-scale retail.

Date	Form	Purity	USD/kg	Seller	Country
2026-03-15	Oxide	99.9% (3N)	$340	Stanford Advanced Materials	US
2026-03-15	Oxide	99.9% (3N)	$295	Edgetech Industries	CN
2026-03-15	Oxide	99.9% (3N)	$310	ALB Materials	CN
2026-03-15	Oxide	99.9% (3N)	$380	American Elements	US
2026-03-15	Oxide	99.9% (3N)	$365	Goodfellow	GB
2026-04-04	Metal	99.5%	$5698	Luciteria	US
2026-04-04	Oxide	99.99% (4N)	$2550	leroy500 (eBay)	US
2026-04-04	Metal	99.9% (3N)	$4740	the_periodic_guy (eBay)	IL
2026-04-04	Metal	99.95%	$12990	novaelements (eBay)	IT
2026-04-04	Oxide	99.9% (3N)	$110	Hebei Saiweisi (Alibaba)	CN

Important Notes

Export controls in force Dy is one of the seven medium and heavy rare earths controlled under MOFCOM/GAC No. 18/2025 [2]. Critically, the order extends to finished NdFeB magnet rotors containing Dy at material thresholds — not just oxide, metal, or alloy forms.

EV motor dependency Every NdFeB EV traction motor uses 100–200 g of Dy/Tb to maintain coercivity above the operating temperature of the rotor. Western automaker exposure is direct: a Dy supply disruption would halt EV motor production within months.

Grain-boundary diffusion saves Dy Modern manufacturing uses GBD (grain-boundary diffusion) to deposit Dy/Tb only at the magnet grain surfaces, cutting required Dy mass by 30–50% versus uniform alloying. Hitachi Metals (now Proterial), TDK, and Chinese magnet houses all use GBD processes.

Physical Properties [1]

Z: 66 · A_r: 162.500 u · ρ: 8.55 g/cm³ · T_m: 1,412 °C · T_b: 2,567 °C
Crystal: hcp · Config: [Xe]4f¹⁰6s² · Ox. states: +3

References

Wolfram Alpha, “Dysprosium element.” wolframalpha.com.
Ministry of Commerce / General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China, Announcement No. 18 of 2025, “Export Control of Medium and Heavy Rare Earth Related Items,” 4 April 2025.
MOFCOM Announcements No. 70 and 72 of 2025 (suspension orders), 7–9 November 2025.