{"generated_at":"2026-10-29T05:42:48.994Z","today":"2026-10-28","price_month":"2026-09","controls_as_of":"2026-10-09","n_critical":43,"previous_edition":null,"price_month_changed":false,"prices":[{"slug":"aluminum","name":"Aluminum","label":"LME cash, high grade","unit":"$/mt","month":"2026-09","source":"pinksheet","chg_1m":0.9843125192248614,"chg_3m":-4.536202384414079,"chg_12m":23.7467018469657,"ath_month":"2026-05","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":89.55264593562467,"redistribution":"full"},{"slug":"cobalt","name":"Cobalt","label":"Cobalt, 99.8% minimum purity, LME spot","unit":"$/mt","month":"2026-08","source":"imf_pcps","chg_1m":-0.03420915829200899,"chg_3m":0.0003836564893333616,"chg_12m":69.78900299718231,"ath_month":"2008-03","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":58.779240502942045,"redistribution":"derived_only"},{"slug":"copper","name":"Copper","label":"LME cash, grade A cathode","unit":"$/mt","month":"2026-09","source":"pinksheet","chg_1m":1.033086695518648,"chg_3m":6.803423848878398,"chg_12m":44.97195512820513,"ath_month":"2026-09","at_record":true,"pct_of_ath":100,"redistribution":"full"},{"slug":"lead","name":"Lead","label":"LME cash","unit":"$/mt","month":"2026-09","source":"pinksheet","chg_1m":0.9703504043126587,"chg_3m":-3.7512846865364824,"chg_12m":-4.1943734015345235,"ath_month":"2007-10","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":50.3494623655914,"redistribution":"full"},{"slug":"lithium","name":"Lithium","label":"Lithium metal, 99% battery grade","unit":"$/mt","month":"2026-08","source":"imf_pcps","chg_1m":-5.22235709986274,"chg_3m":-14.648590519432014,"chg_12m":82.23520057446929,"ath_month":"2022-04","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":30.330106134444367,"redistribution":"derived_only"},{"slug":"manganese","name":"Manganese","label":"Electrolytic manganese metal, CIF Northwest Europe","unit":"$/mt","month":"2026-08","source":"imf_pcps","chg_1m":1.8196186397471115,"chg_3m":-1.0282922857724475,"chg_12m":37.856656838285275,"ath_month":"2022-01","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":38.55439264192832,"redistribution":"derived_only"},{"slug":"nickel","name":"Nickel","label":"LME cash","unit":"$/mt","month":"2026-09","source":"pinksheet","chg_1m":-2.5491015461763467,"chg_3m":-7.186718216966115,"chg_12m":8.063021316033359,"ath_month":"2007-05","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":31.284616416566053,"redistribution":"full"},{"slug":"palladium","name":"Palladium","label":"Palladium, spot","unit":"$/troy oz","month":"2026-08","source":"imf_pcps","chg_1m":6.3784672214253435,"chg_3m":-6.397024793388429,"chg_12m":18.830367634715394,"ath_month":"2021-05","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":46.92947708626832,"redistribution":"derived_only"},{"slug":"phosphate-rock","name":"Phosphate rock","label":"Morocco, 70% BPL, FOB Casablanca","unit":"$/mt","month":"2026-09","source":"pinksheet","chg_1m":0,"chg_3m":8.349267049075838,"chg_12m":11.475409836065564,"ath_month":"2008-10","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":37.77777777777778,"redistribution":"full"},{"slug":"platinum","name":"Platinum","label":"London afternoon fix","unit":"$/troy oz","month":"2026-09","source":"pinksheet","chg_1m":0.22471910112360494,"chg_3m":3.360370799536505,"chg_12m":24.320557491289208,"ath_month":"2026-01","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":73.29498767460969,"redistribution":"full"},{"slug":"potash","name":"Potash","label":"Potassium chloride, standard grade, FOB Vancouver","unit":"$/mt","month":"2026-09","source":"pinksheet","chg_1m":-5.014215559576107,"chg_3m":-8.695652173913048,"chg_12m":4.255319148936176,"ath_month":"2022-04","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":30.57404326123128,"redistribution":"full"},{"slug":"silver","name":"Silver","label":"Handy & Harman, New York","unit":"$/troy oz","month":"2026-09","source":"pinksheet","chg_1m":-1.2232415902140858,"chg_3m":-3.148425787106457,"chg_12m":50.934579439252325,"ath_month":"2026-01","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":70.14115092290987,"redistribution":"full"},{"slug":"tin","name":"Tin","label":"LME cash","unit":"$/mt","month":"2026-09","source":"pinksheet","chg_1m":-3.020673467545365,"chg_3m":1.2726964194807344,"chg_12m":55.75919266906391,"ath_month":"2026-08","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":96.97932653245464,"redistribution":"full"},{"slug":"uranium","name":"Uranium","label":"Uranium, U3O8, NUEXCO restricted spot","unit":"$/lb","month":"2026-08","source":"imf_pcps","chg_1m":2.687949894259667,"chg_3m":2.9531397998306286,"chg_12m":20.567699840418108,"ath_month":"2007-06","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":52.19027136984394,"redistribution":"derived_only"},{"slug":"zinc","name":"Zinc","label":"LME cash, special high grade","unit":"$/mt","month":"2026-09","source":"pinksheet","chg_1m":3.7677419354838815,"chg_3m":13.619666572478106,"chg_12m":37.09512444595977,"ath_month":"2006-12","at_record":false,"pct_of_ath":91.28263337116913,"redistribution":"full"}],"controls":[{"id":"kuala-lumpur-arrangement-extension-2026","date":"2026-09-28","effective":null,"country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"MOFCOM says Kuala Lumpur arrangement extended to 10 January 2027","type":"suspension","status":"unconfirmed","minerals":["rare-earths"],"not_control":null},{"id":"us-dpas-black-mass-tungsten-scrap-allocation-order-2026","date":"2026-07-30","effective":"2026-08-27","country":"United States","iso3":"USA","title":"US requires black mass and tungsten scrap sales to stay in the United States","type":"other","status":"in-force","minerals":["tungsten","lithium","cobalt","nickel","manganese","graphite"],"not_control":"a domestic allocation order for scrap, not an export limit on the mineral"},{"id":"helium-temporary-export-ban-2026","date":"2026-07-10","effective":"2026-07-10","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Temporary ban on helium exports","type":"ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["helium"],"not_control":null},{"id":"drc-copper-cobalt-concentrate-export-ban-2026","date":"2026-06-29","effective":"2026-06-29","country":"Congo (Kinshasa)","iso3":"COD","title":"DR Congo order prohibits copper and cobalt concentrate exports","type":"ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["copper","cobalt"],"not_control":null},{"id":"us-entities-control-list-incl-rare-earth-firms-2026","date":"2026-06-22","effective":"2026-06-22","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Ten US entities, including MP Materials and USA Rare Earth, added to export control list","type":"end-user-rule","status":"in-force","minerals":["rare-earths"],"not_control":null},{"id":"kazakhstan-scrap-export-ban-2018-2026","date":"2026-04-14","effective":"2026-05-01","country":"Kazakhstan","iso3":"KAZ","title":"Kazakhstan renews its six-month ban on ferrous and non-ferrous scrap exports","type":"ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["copper","aluminum"],"not_control":"a ban on scrap, not on the mineral or its concentrate"},{"id":"russia-helium-export-authorization-2026","date":"2026-04-13","effective":"2026-04-14","country":"Russia","iso3":"RUS","title":"Russia requires government authorization for helium exports outside the EAEU","type":"licence","status":"in-force","minerals":["helium"],"not_control":null},{"id":"indonesia-rare-earth-export-ban-2026","date":"2026-03-26","effective":"2026-04-01","country":"Indonesia","iso3":"IDN","title":"Indonesia prohibits exports of raw rare earths and tellurium (Trade Regulation 6/2026)","type":"ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["rare-earths"],"not_control":null},{"id":"indonesia-tin-export-rules-2026","date":"2026-03-26","effective":"2026-04-01","country":"Indonesia","iso3":"IDN","title":"Indonesia bars tin ore and concentrate exports and licenses tin ingot exports","type":"ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["tin"],"not_control":null},{"id":"zimbabwe-raw-mineral-export-suspension-quotas-2026","date":"2026-02-25","effective":"2026-02-25","country":"Zimbabwe","iso3":"ZWE","title":"Zimbabwe suspends raw mineral and lithium concentrate exports, then reopens under quotas","type":"suspension","status":"in-force","minerals":["lithium"],"not_control":null},{"id":"ukraine-scrap-zero-export-quota-2026","date":"2025-12-31","effective":"2026-01-01","country":"Ukraine","iso3":"UKR","title":"Ukraine sets a zero 2026 export quota on ferrous and copper scrap","type":"quota","status":"in-force","minerals":["copper"],"not_control":"a quota on scrap, not on the mineral or its concentrate"},{"id":"export-license-list-2026-silver-rare-earth-tungsten","date":"2025-12-30","effective":"2026-01-01","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"2026 export license list covers rare earths, silver, tungsten, antimony, molybdenum","type":"license","status":"in-force","minerals":["rare-earths","silver","tungsten","antimony","indium","tin","bauxite","phosphate-rock","fluorspar"],"not_control":null},{"id":"zimbabwe-lithium-chrome-export-taxes-2026","date":"2025-12-29","effective":"2026-01-01","country":"Zimbabwe","iso3":"ZWE","title":"Zimbabwe imposes export VAT on lithium ore and concentrate and on unbeneficiated chrome from 2026","type":"export-tax","status":"in-force","minerals":["lithium","chromium"],"not_control":null},{"id":"rare-earth-general-licenses-2025","date":"2025-12-18","effective":null,"country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"MOFCOM says some general licenses for rare earth exports approved","type":"license","status":"unconfirmed","minerals":["rare-earths"],"not_control":null},{"id":"vietnam-raw-rare-earth-export-ban-2026","date":"2025-12-11","effective":"2026-01-01","country":"Vietnam","iso3":"VNM","title":"Vietnam bans exports of raw rare earth minerals through amended minerals law","type":"ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["rare-earths"],"not_control":null},{"id":"eu-aluminum-scrap-export-duty-proposal-2025","date":"2025-11-18","effective":null,"country":"European Union","iso3":"EUU","title":"EU prepares, then withdraws, an export duty on aluminum scrap","type":"export-tax","status":"ended","minerals":["aluminum"],"not_control":null},{"id":"us-ban-suspension-announcement-72","date":"2025-11-09","effective":"2025-11-09","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Suspension of the 2024 US ban on gallium, germanium, antimony and superhard materials","type":"suspension","status":"in-force","minerals":["gallium","antimony","graphite"],"not_control":"a suspension of controls, which switches them off"},{"id":"oct-2025-suspension-announcement-70","date":"2025-11-07","effective":"2025-11-07","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Suspension of the October 2025 export control announcements until 10 November 2026","type":"suspension","status":"in-force","minerals":["rare-earths","lithium","graphite"],"not_control":"a suspension of controls, which switches them off"},{"id":"state-trading-tungsten-antimony-silver-2026-2027","date":"2025-10-26","effective":"2026-01-01","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"State-trading qualification for tungsten, antimony and silver exporters, 2026 to 2027","type":"other","status":"in-force","minerals":["tungsten","antimony","silver"],"not_control":null},{"id":"oct-2025-rare-earth-equipment-materials-controls","date":"2025-10-09","effective":"2025-11-08","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Export controls on rare earth production equipment and auxiliary materials","type":"license","status":"suspended","minerals":["rare-earths"],"not_control":null},{"id":"oct-2025-five-more-rare-earths-controls","date":"2025-10-09","effective":"2025-11-08","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Export controls on holmium, erbium, thulium, europium and ytterbium","type":"license","status":"suspended","minerals":["rare-earths"],"not_control":null},{"id":"oct-2025-lithium-battery-graphite-anode-controls","date":"2025-10-09","effective":"2025-11-08","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Export controls on lithium batteries, cathode materials and graphite anode materials","type":"license","status":"suspended","minerals":["lithium","graphite"],"not_control":null},{"id":"oct-2025-extraterritorial-rare-earth-rule","date":"2025-10-09","effective":"2025-12-01","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Export licenses for foreign-made items containing Chinese rare earths (0.1 percent rule)","type":"end-user-rule","status":"suspended","minerals":["rare-earths"],"not_control":null},{"id":"oct-2025-rare-earth-technology-export-license","date":"2025-10-09","effective":"2025-10-09","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Export license requirement for rare earth separation, smelting and magnet technologies","type":"license","status":"suspended","minerals":["rare-earths"],"not_control":null},{"id":"drc-cobalt-export-quotas-2025","date":"2025-09-21","effective":"2025-10-16","country":"Congo (Kinshasa)","iso3":"COD","title":"DR Congo replaces its cobalt export ban with annual export quotas","type":"quota","status":"in-force","minerals":["cobalt"],"not_control":null},{"id":"lithium-gallium-technology-export-restriction-2025","date":"2025-07-15","effective":"2025-07-15","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Restricted-export technology list adds lithium, battery cathode and gallium recovery","type":"license","status":"in-force","minerals":["lithium","gallium"],"not_control":null},{"id":"drc-cobalt-suspension-extension-2025","date":"2025-06-21","effective":"2025-06-22","country":"Congo (Kinshasa)","iso3":"COD","title":"DR Congo extends its cobalt export suspension by three months","type":"suspension","status":"ended","minerals":["cobalt"],"not_control":null},{"id":"zimbabwe-lithium-concentrate-ban-2027","date":"2025-06-10","effective":"2027-01-01","country":"Zimbabwe","iso3":"ZWE","title":"Zimbabwe schedules a ban on lithium concentrate exports from January 2027","type":"ban","status":"scheduled","minerals":["lithium"],"not_control":null},{"id":"gabon-raw-manganese-export-ban-2029","date":"2025-05-30","effective":"2029-01-01","country":"Gabon","iso3":"GAB","title":"Gabon plans to ban raw manganese ore exports from 2029","type":"ban","status":"unconfirmed","minerals":["manganese"],"not_control":null},{"id":"morocco-copper-aluminum-export-licensing-2025","date":"2025-04-24","effective":"2025-04-24","country":"Morocco","iso3":"MAR","title":"Morocco requires export licenses for unwrought copper and aluminum ingots","type":"licence","status":"unconfirmed","minerals":["copper","aluminum"],"not_control":null},{"id":"seven-medium-heavy-rare-earths-licensing-2025","date":"2025-04-04","effective":"2025-04-04","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Export licensing for seven medium and heavy rare earths and magnets containing them","type":"license","status":"in-force","minerals":["rare-earths"],"not_control":null},{"id":"eu-black-mass-hazardous-waste-export-restriction-2026","date":"2025-03-05","effective":"2026-11-09","country":"European Union","iso3":"EUU","title":"EU lists black mass as hazardous waste from November 2026","type":"ban","status":"scheduled","minerals":["lithium","cobalt","nickel"],"not_control":null},{"id":"drc-cobalt-export-suspension-2025","date":"2025-02-22","effective":"2025-02-22","country":"Congo (Kinshasa)","iso3":"COD","title":"DR Congo suspends all cobalt exports for four months","type":"suspension","status":"ended","minerals":["cobalt"],"not_control":null},{"id":"tungsten-tellurium-bismuth-molybdenum-indium-licensing-2025","date":"2025-02-04","effective":"2025-02-04","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Export licensing for tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum and indium items","type":"license","status":"in-force","minerals":["tungsten","tellurium","bismuth","indium"],"not_control":null},{"id":"philippines-raw-ore-export-ban-bill-2025","date":"2025-02-03","effective":null,"country":"Philippines","iso3":"PHL","title":"Philippine Senate passes a raw ore export ban bill that is dropped before enactment","type":"ban","status":"ended","minerals":["nickel"],"not_control":null},{"id":"us-gallium-germanium-antimony-superhard-ban-2024","date":"2024-12-03","effective":"2024-12-03","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Ban in principle on gallium, germanium, antimony and superhard materials exports to the US","type":"ban","status":"suspended","minerals":["gallium","antimony","graphite"],"not_control":null},{"id":"russia-enriched-uranium-us-export-ban-2024","date":"2024-11-14","effective":"2024-11-16","country":"Russia","iso3":"RUS","title":"Russia restricts enriched uranium exports to the United States to one-time licenses","type":"ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["uranium"],"not_control":null},{"id":"antimony-superhard-materials-licensing-2024","date":"2024-08-15","effective":"2024-09-15","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Export licensing for antimony items and superhard materials equipment","type":"license","status":"in-force","minerals":["antimony"],"not_control":null},{"id":"rare-earth-technology-export-ban-2023","date":"2023-12-21","effective":"2023-12-21","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Ban on exporting rare earth separation, metal-making and magnet technologies","type":"technology-ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["rare-earths"],"not_control":null},{"id":"graphite-licensing-2023","date":"2023-10-20","effective":"2023-12-01","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Export licensing for high-purity artificial graphite and natural flake graphite","type":"license","status":"in-force","minerals":["graphite"],"not_control":null},{"id":"malaysia-raw-rare-earth-export-ban-2024","date":"2023-10","effective":"2024-01-01","country":"Malaysia","iso3":"MYS","title":"Malaysia bars exports of unprocessed rare earths, with case-by-case exemptions","type":"ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["rare-earths"],"not_control":null},{"id":"gallium-germanium-licensing-2023","date":"2023-07-03","effective":"2023-08-01","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Export licensing for gallium and germanium items","type":"license","status":"in-force","minerals":["gallium"],"not_control":null},{"id":"namibia-unprocessed-critical-minerals-ban-2023","date":"2023-06-08","effective":null,"country":"Namibia","iso3":"NAM","title":"Namibia bans exports of unprocessed lithium ore, cobalt, manganese, graphite and rare earths","type":"ban","status":"unconfirmed","minerals":["lithium","cobalt","manganese","graphite","rare-earths"],"not_control":null},{"id":"indonesia-copper-concentrate-ban-2023-2025","date":"2023-04-28","effective":"2025-01-01","country":"Indonesia","iso3":"IDN","title":"Indonesia bans copper concentrate exports, with time-limited Freeport and Amman permits","type":"ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["copper"],"not_control":null},{"id":"indonesia-bauxite-ore-ban-2023","date":"2022-12-21","effective":"2023-06-10","country":"Indonesia","iso3":"IDN","title":"Indonesia bans bauxite ore exports from June 2023","type":"ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["bauxite"],"not_control":null},{"id":"zimbabwe-raw-lithium-ore-export-ban-2022","date":"2022-12-16","effective":"2022-12-16","country":"Zimbabwe","iso3":"ZWE","title":"Zimbabwe bans exports of unbeneficiated lithium ore","type":"ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["lithium"],"not_control":null},{"id":"russia-alloy-steel-tungsten-scrap-export-ban-2022","date":"2022-03-17","effective":"2022-03-17","country":"Russia","iso3":"RUS","title":"Russia bans exports of alloy and stainless steel scrap and tungsten scrap to listed states","type":"ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["tungsten"],"not_control":"a ban on scrap, not on the mineral or its concentrate"},{"id":"indonesia-nickel-ore-ban-2020","date":"2019-09-02","effective":"2020-01-01","country":"Indonesia","iso3":"IDN","title":"Indonesia bans all nickel ore exports from 1 January 2020","type":"ban","status":"in-force","minerals":["nickel"],"not_control":null},{"id":"tanzania-mineral-concentrate-export-ban-2017","date":"2017-03-03","effective":null,"country":"Tanzania","iso3":"TZA","title":"Tanzania bans exports of raw mineral concentrates","type":"ban","status":"ended","minerals":["copper"],"not_control":null},{"id":"indonesia-ore-relaxation-2017","date":"2017-01-09","effective":"2017-01-12","country":"Indonesia","iso3":"IDN","title":"Indonesia partly lifts its raw ore export ban for low-grade nickel ore and washed bauxite","type":"other","status":"ended","minerals":["nickel","bauxite"],"not_control":null},{"id":"wto-ds431-rare-earth-tungsten-molybdenum-2014-2015","date":"2014-08-07","effective":"2015-01-01","country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"WTO ruling on rare earth, tungsten and molybdenum export restrictions; quotas removed","type":"other","status":"ended","minerals":["rare-earths","tungsten"],"not_control":null},{"id":"indonesia-raw-ore-export-ban-2014","date":"2014-01-11","effective":"2014-01-12","country":"Indonesia","iso3":"IDN","title":"Indonesia bans exports of unprocessed mineral ores under the 2009 Mining Law","type":"ban","status":"ended","minerals":["nickel","bauxite","copper"],"not_control":null},{"id":"rare-earth-export-quotas-2010-2014","date":"2010-12-28","effective":null,"country":"China","iso3":"CHN","title":"Rare earth export quotas, including the 2010 cut and the first-half 2011 allocation","type":"quota","status":"ended","minerals":["rare-earths"],"not_control":null}],"controls_new":[],"controls_changed":[],"controls_removed":[],"data_events":[],"editions":[{"date":"2026-10-28","price_month":"2026-09","controls_as_of":"2026-10-09","n_controls":53}]}