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Antimony Price

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Used in flame retardants, lead-acid batteries, and ammunition.

Main trade forms
Metal ingot
Available from
CN, TJ, RU, AU
Last update: Mar 15, 2026
4 records

Retail Reference

$18/kg
Metal 99.9% (3N) · 1 kg
Edgetech Industries · CN · Mar 15, 2026

Bulk Benchmark

n/a
No commodity benchmark available
Export LicenceChinese export licence required for Antimony in all controlled forms.Regulatory Tracker →

Applications

ApplicationRoleSignificance
Flame retardantsSb2O3 synergist with halogenated organics~50% of global Sb demand. Required by UL flammability standards in plastics, textiles, electronics enclosures
Lead-acid batteriesSb hardener in Pb-Sb grid alloysImproves grid strength and casting in starter, deep-cycle, and stationary lead-acid batteries
Ammunition & defencePrimer compositions, hardened lead shot, armour-piercing coresCritical for small-arms primers; on US DoD critical material list. Drove the December 2024 US-targeted export ban.
Photovoltaic glassSb2O3 as a solar-glass clarifying agentImproves transmittance of cover glass for crystalline-silicon PV modules, the fastest-growing Sb segment
PET catalystSb2O3 polymerisation catalystStandard catalyst for polyethylene terephthalate production (bottles, fibres)

Market & Supply

Global mine production ~83,000 t/year [5]
China share of mining ~48%
China share of refining ~80%
Other major producers Tajikistan, Russia, Myanmar
Export control MOFCOM Nos. 33/2024, 46/2024 [2,3]
Pre-control spot ~$12,000/t (mid-2024)
Q4 2025 spot $38,000 to $42,000/t
Retail metal (gram-scale) $200 to $1,800/kg

Verified Offers

Antimony has the largest spot-price move of any element on this site over the past 18 months. The auto-rendered table shows tracked retail listings; institutional buyers should reference Fastmarkets or Argus benchmarks rather than gram-scale retail.

PurityMOQOriginalSourceVerification
2026-03-15Metal99.9% (3N)1 kg1 kg$2222 USD/kgdistributor offerStanford Advanced MaterialsUSsingle source offer0.60
2026-03-15Metal99.9% (3N)1 kg1 kg$1818 USD/kgdistributor offerEdgetech IndustriesCNsingle source offer0.60
2026-03-15Metal99.9% (3N)1 kg1 kg$2020 USD/kgmarketplace offerALB MaterialsCNsingle source offer0.60
2026-03-15Metal99.9% (3N)1 kg1 kg$2828 USD/kgdistributor offerGoodfellowGBsingle source offer0.60

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Important Notes

US dual-use ban suspended, not lifted Article 2 of MOFCOM No. 46/2024 (the outright dual-use Sb ban targeting US end-users) is suspended until 28 November 2026 under Announcement No. 72/2025 [4]. The general Sb licensing regime under No. 33/2024 [2] remains fully active.
Defence stockpile pressure The US Defense Logistics Agency holds a small Sb stockpile and has issued multiple FY2024 to 2026 solicitations to rebuild it. Domestic production is restarting at Perpetua Resources’ Stibnite Gold project in Idaho but is not expected before 2028.
Tripled spot price Western Sb spot prices roughly tripled from mid-2024 to Q4 2025. Price-pass-through to flame-retardant compounders and PV-glass makers is incomplete, leaving margin pressure across multiple downstream industries.
Physical Properties [1]
Z: 51 · Ar: 121.760 u · ρ: 6.685 g/cm3 · Tm: 631 °C · Tb: 1,587 °C
Crystal: rhombohedral · Config: [Kr]4d105s25p3 · Ox. states: -3, +3, +5

References

  1. Wolfram Alpha, “Antimony element.” wolframalpha.com.
  2. MOFCOM Announcement No. 33 of 2024, “Export Control of Antimony and Superhard Material Related Items,” effective 15 August 2024.
  3. MOFCOM Announcement No. 46 of 2024, “Strengthening Export Controls on Dual-Use Items to the United States,” 3 December 2024.
  4. MOFCOM Announcements No. 70 and 72 of 2025 (suspension orders), 7 to 9 November 2025.
  5. United States Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025: Antimony, January 2025.

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