Global Rare Earth Oxide Prices

	3 Year average $/KG	2 Year Average $/KG	1 Year Average $/KG	Current Price* $/KG	Current China Domestic Price* $/KG
Lanthanum	49	66	32	8	5
Cerium	48	65	30	8	5
Praseodymium	115	155	144	73	51
Neodymium	129	175	148	64	42
Samarium	59	82	72	18	5
Europium	1877	2541	2801	1050	578
Gadolinium	84	118	104	47	18
Terbium	1555	2078	2227	900	420
Dysprosium	866	1196	1233	545	218
Yttrium	82	114	101	23	10

* Updated 14 May 2013. All prices shown FOB China except for China Domestic column.

These prices come from Metal Pages which generally quotes a price for a benchmark 99% purity rare earth oxide. Rare earth prices depend on the required purity. For example lighting applications typically require very high purity europium and yttrium while nickel metal hydride batteries can tolerate some impurity in lanthanum. The table above refers to 99% purity rare earth oxides except for europium which is the price for 99.9% purity and yttrium which is quoted at 99.999% purity. End users may buy at a 99% purity and further refine the oxides to match their requirements.