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1 Kg Lithium Price Trend — Last 10 Days
All prices in ₹ per gram · daily rate, updated once per day
1 Kg Lithium Price — What the Number Actually Means
Today's 1 kg lithium price comes to ₹1,726.31, built from a live per-gram benchmark of ₹1.73 on September 17, 2026. Before going further, one honest caveat: nobody walks into a shop and buys a kilogram of lithium metal the way they would gold. What the market actually trades is lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide, refined chemical forms bought by battery-cell and cathode manufacturers under supply agreements. This page's per-kg figure is a benchmark for tracking direction, not a retail price tag.
- 1 gram: ₹1.73
- 10 grams: ₹17.26
- 100 grams: ₹172.63
- 1 kilogram: ₹1,726.31
- 1 metric tonne: ₹1,726,308.00
Battery-material buyers think in tonnes, not grams — a mid-sized cell plant can burn through hundreds of tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent a year. The per-gram figure exists mainly so this site can track lithium the same consistent way it tracks every other metal, then let the reader scale up to whatever unit is actually useful.
1 Kg Lithium Price and Other Weight Conversions
Today's Lithium rate is Two Rupees per gram. At this rate, 10 grams of Lithium costs Seventeen Rupees.
| Unit | Weight | Price (INR) | Price in Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gram | 1.0000 g | ₹1.73 | Two Rupees |
| 8 Grams | 8.0000 g | ₹13.81 | Fourteen Rupees |
| 10 Grams | 10.0000 g | ₹17.26 | Seventeen Rupees |
| 100 Grams | 100.0000 g | ₹172.63 | One Hundred and Seventy Three Rupees |
| 1 Kilogram | 1,000.0000 g | ₹1,726.31 | One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty Six Rupees |
| 1 Ounce (oz) | 28.3495 g | ₹48.94 | Forty Nine Rupees |
| 1 Troy Ounce | 31.1035 g | ₹53.69 | Fifty Four Rupees |
| 1 Metric Ton | 1,000,000.0000 g | ₹1,726,308.00 | Seventeen Lakh Twenty Six Thousand Three Hundred and Eight Rupees |
Why the Per-Kg Figure Isn't the Invoice Price
Ask a procurement manager at a cell manufacturer what they actually pay, and the answer will never match a single clean spot number. Battery-grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide carry purity specifications — 99.5% versus 99.9%, moisture content limits, particle-size distribution — and each grade commands its own premium. Hydroxide, generally preferred for higher-nickel cathode chemistries, often prices differently from carbonate depending on which chemistry demand is running hottest that quarter.
Where the benchmark sits in the supply chain
Raw spodumene concentrate from a hard-rock mine, or brine drawn from a South American salt flat, both need conversion into carbonate or hydroxide before a battery plant can use them. That conversion step is where most of the value — and most of the price volatility — actually gets added. A benchmark tracking finished lithium carbonate sits downstream of the raw-ore price, which is one reason lithium prices can move sharply on processing-capacity news rather than mining news alone.
India currently has almost no domestic lithium chemical production at meaningful scale, so buyers here are effectively price-takers on the international benchmark, adjusted for import duty, freight and the rupee-dollar rate on the day of shipment.
1 Kg Lithium Price History in India
The most recent Lithium price on record (2026-09-17) is Two Rupees per gram.
| Date | Price (INR/g) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | ₹1.73 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-16 | ₹1.72 | -0.05 |
| 2026-09-15 | ₹1.77 | -0.03 |
| 2026-09-14 | ₹1.80 | -0.04 |
| 2026-09-13 | ₹1.85 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-12 | ₹1.85 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-11 | ₹1.85 | -0.03 |
| 2026-09-10 | ₹1.88 | 0.00 |
| 2026-09-09 | ₹1.88 | -0.01 |
| 2026-09-08 | ₹1.89 | — |
Using the 1 Kg Figure to Track the Market, Not to Shop
The practical value of watching this number daily isn't finding a bargain — it's noticing direction early. A string of days where the per-kg figure climbs steadily tends to reflect either firming EV demand or a supply disruption somewhere in the chain, whether that's a delayed mine ramp-up or a processing bottleneck in China. A steady decline usually means new supply is catching up with demand faster than expected, the same pattern that played out after lithium's 2021–2022 boom.
For a longer view than the 10-day window above, the site's own /lithium-price-history/2026 archive carries the fuller trend. Nobody tracking this market seriously relies on a single day's number in isolation — the direction over weeks and months tells the real story that one snapshot can't.
1 Kg Lithium Price — FAQs for Battery-Chain Buyers
Today's 1 kg lithium price works out to ₹1,726.31, based on the live per-gram benchmark of ₹1.73 on September 17, 2026. Treat this as a reference figure — actual battery-grade carbonate or hydroxide contracts are negotiated separately and rarely trade at exactly this number.
Because lithium isn't sold as a standardized metal bar the way gold or silver is. What actually changes hands is lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide — refined chemical compounds bought by battery and cathode manufacturers, priced through supply contracts rather than a jeweller's counter.
Multiply by 1,000 for a kilogram and by 1,000,000 for a metric tonne. At today's rate of ₹1.73 per gram, that puts 1 tonne at roughly ₹1,726,308.00 — useful as a back-of-envelope check, not a quote you'd actually be invoiced.
No. Spodumene is the raw ore concentrate mined from hard rock — it still needs refining before it becomes battery-grade material. The per-kg figure on this page tracks the refined lithium benchmark, several processing steps downstream of raw spodumene.
Lithium's end-use is far more concentrated — mostly batteries — and the market is younger and thinner than established industrial metals. A shift in EV demand or a delay at one major refinery can move the benchmark more than a comparable event would move copper or aluminium.
