#64 Gd

Gadolinium Price

Heavy Rare Earth Export Licence

Used in MRI contrast agents and nuclear reactor shielding.

Main trade forms: Oxide (Gd₂O₃)
Available from: CN, AU

Last update: 2026-04-04
13 records

Retail Reference

$500/kg

Metal 99.95% · 1.0 kg

auremo-eu (eBay) · DE · 2026-04-04

Bulk Benchmark

No commodity benchmark available

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

MOFCOM/GAC Announcement No. 18/2025 (effective 4 April 2025) controls all gadolinium forms — metal, oxide (Gd₂O₃), alloys, compounds — under item 1C907 [2]. Gadolinium is one of the seven medium and heavy rare earths covered by the Announcement.

The October 2025 escalation measures are suspended until 28 November 2026 [3], but the underlying No. 18/2025 controls remain fully in force.

Applications

Application	Role	Significance
MRI contrast agents	Gd(III) chelates: gadopentetate, gadobutrol, gadoteridol	~30% of MRI exams worldwide use Gd-based contrast; FDA-approved agents include Magnevist, Gadavist, ProHance. Critical clinical workflow with no economic substitute.
NdFeB magnet additive	Trace Gd substitution for Nd	Improves temperature stability and corrosion resistance of permanent magnets at lower cost than Dy/Tb
Neutron shielding	Gd₂O₃ in nuclear reactor control rods and fuel	Highest thermal-neutron capture cross-section of any element (~49,000 barns); used as burnable poison
Magnetocaloric refrigeration	Gd metal and Gd–Si–Ge alloys	Active material in magnetic refrigeration prototypes; Curie temperature ~20 °C makes it ideal for room-temperature cooling research
Phosphors	Gd₂O₂S:Tb (X-ray screens), GOS scintillators	Medical X-ray imaging intensifying screens; CT detector ceramics

Market & Supply

Global Gd₂O₃ production ~2,400 t/year (REO basis)

China refined supply share ~95%

MRI contrast agent share ~30% of demand

Magnet additive share ~40% of demand

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

Oxide retail (1 kg) $36–$55/kg

Bulk metal (Alibaba/eBay) $450–$1,200/kg

Hand-portioned metal $2,600–$10,000/kg

Verified Offers

Gadolinium has the deepest tracked retail dataset of the controlled rare earths, with multiple bulk metal listings on eBay/Alibaba in the $450–$1,200/kg band and oxide consistently at $36–$55/kg. The auto-rendered table shows all qualifying records.

Date	Form	Purity	USD/kg	Seller	Country
2026-03-15	Oxide	99.9% (3N)	$48	Stanford Advanced Materials	US
2026-03-15	Oxide	99.9% (3N)	$36	Edgetech Industries	CN
2026-03-15	Oxide	99.9% (3N)	$42	ALB Materials	CN
2026-03-15	Oxide	99.9% (3N)	$55	Goodfellow	GB
2026-04-04	Metal	99.9% (3N)	$9750	snaucke-elements (eBay)	NL
2026-04-04	Metal	99.95%	$9990	novaelements (eBay)	IT
2026-04-04	Metal	99.9% (3N)	$2658	Luciteria	US
2026-04-04	Metal	99.9% (3N)	$1186	Luciteria	US
2026-04-04	Metal	99.95%	$450	evek-gmbh (eBay)	DE
2026-04-04	Metal	99.9% (3N)	$507	vkris_1 (eBay)	US
2026-04-04	Oxide	99.99% (4N)	$745	leroy500 (eBay)	US
2026-04-04	Oxide	99.9% (3N)	$1160	chemstore2017 (eBay)	US
2026-04-04	Metal	99.95%	$500	auremo-eu (eBay)	DE

Important Notes

Export controls in force Gadolinium is one of the seven medium and heavy rare earths controlled under MOFCOM/GAC Announcement No. 18/2025 [2]. All forms — metal, oxide, alloys, compounds, and finished magnet rotors containing Gd — require Chinese export licences.

Healthcare supply implication MRI contrast agents are an FDA-approved drug class with multi-month qualification cycles. A meaningful Gd licensing slowdown would propagate into hospital imaging volumes within 6–12 months. The contrast-agent supply chain (Bayer Magnevist, GE Pharmaceuticals Omniscan, Bracco MultiHance) is critically dependent on Chinese Gd₂O₃.

Magnet additive substitution NdFeB manufacturers historically used Dy/Tb to boost coercivity at high temperature. Recent grain-boundary diffusion processes substitute Gd at lower cost. As Dy/Tb prices spiked under controls, Gd demand from this segment grew — tightening the Gd market simultaneously.

Physical Properties [1]

Z: 64 · A_r: 157.25 u · ρ: 7.90 g/cm³ · T_m: 1,313 °C · T_b: 3,273 °C
Crystal: hcp · Config: [Xe]4f⁷5d¹6s² · Ox. states: +3

References

Wolfram Alpha, “Gadolinium 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 No. 72 of 2025 (suspension orders), 7–9 November 2025.