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Cobalt Price — 10-Day Trend Behind the Superalloy Trade
All prices in ₹ per gram · daily rate, updated once per day
Why Aerospace Needs a Metal That Won't Soften
Jet engines run hot enough to deform most conventional metals outright, and that single constraint is the whole reason cobalt superalloy uses matter. Turbine blades sitting near the hottest stage of a jet engine face gas temperatures that would weaken ordinary steel within seconds of sustained exposure. Cobalt-based and cobalt-containing superalloys hold their strength at those temperatures far better than most affordable alternatives, which is why they've been specified into turbine blades, combustion-chamber liners and industrial gas turbine components for decades — long before anyone built a battery around the same element.
There's no coin, bar or jewellery counter for this grade of cobalt, and there never has been. Aerospace-alloy producers buy it under long-term industrial supply contracts, priced off the London Metal Exchange (LME) — the same benchmark market that ultimately feeds into the rate shown on this page. Today that works out to:
- Per gram: ₹3.61
- Per 10 grams: ₹36.10
- Per 100 grams: ₹361.00
- Per kilogram: ₹3,609.99
Alloy buyers and battery-materials buyers both work off that same underlying rate, even though the two groups are sourcing cobalt for reasons that have almost nothing in common.
Cobalt Price by Weight
Today's Cobalt rate is Four Rupees per gram. At this rate, 10 grams of Cobalt costs Thirty Six Rupees.
| Unit | Weight | Price (INR) | Price in Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gram | 1.0000 g | ₹3.61 | Four Rupees |
| 8 Grams | 8.0000 g | ₹28.88 | Twenty Nine Rupees |
| 10 Grams | 10.0000 g | ₹36.10 | Thirty Six Rupees |
| 100 Grams | 100.0000 g | ₹361.00 | Three Hundred and Sixty One Rupees |
| 1 Kilogram | 1,000.0000 g | ₹3,609.99 | Three Thousand Six Hundred and Ten Rupees |
| 1 Ounce (oz) | 28.3495 g | ₹102.34 | One Hundred and Two Rupees |
| 1 Troy Ounce | 31.1035 g | ₹112.28 | One Hundred and Twelve Rupees |
| 1 Metric Ton | 1,000,000.0000 g | ₹3,609,988.00 | Thirty Six Lakh Nine Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty Eight Rupees |
Two Buyers, Two Very Different Specifications
Most of the cobalt reaching either market starts life the same way — as a byproduct of copper mining, and increasingly of nickel mining, overwhelmingly out of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which remains by a very wide margin the world's largest source. What happens after that point diverges sharply. An aerospace-alloy producer needs cobalt refined and blended to tight metallurgical specifications for casting or forging into turbine components. A battery-materials producer needs a chemically different form — typically cobalt sulfate — refined for use inside an NMC (nickel-manganese-cobalt) cathode. Same element, same DRC-heavy supply chain, two separate downstream industries with separate quality demands.
Superalloy Grade vs Battery Grade
| Application | Typical Cobalt Form | Property That Matters Most | Typical Buyer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jet engine turbine blades | Cast/wrought cobalt-based superalloy | Strength retention at extreme, sustained heat | Aerospace engine manufacturers |
| Industrial gas turbines | Cobalt-containing superalloy | Heat and corrosion resistance under continuous duty | Power-generation equipment makers |
| EV battery cathodes (NMC) | Refined cobalt sulfate / cobalt metal | Cathode stability and energy density | Battery cell and cathode-material makers |
| Cutting tools, orthopedic implants | Cobalt-chromium alloy | Hardness and wear resistance | Industrial tooling and medical-device makers |
None of these buyers are competing for the exact same refined product, but all four ultimately draw on the same globally traded cobalt supply — which is part of why a DRC-related supply disruption can ripple into both the aerospace and battery trades at once, even though the end uses look nothing alike.
Cobalt Price — Last 10 Days
The most recent Cobalt price on record (2026-09-17) is Four Rupees per gram. This is up by Less than One Rupees from the previous day's rate of ₹3.60.
| Date | Price (INR/g) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | ₹3.61 | +0.01 |
| 2026-09-16 | ₹3.60 | -0.06 |
| 2026-09-15 | ₹3.66 | -0.04 |
| 2026-09-14 | ₹3.70 | -0.04 |
| 2026-09-13 | ₹3.74 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-12 | ₹3.74 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-11 | ₹3.74 | -0.07 |
| 2026-09-10 | ₹3.81 | -0.09 |
| 2026-09-09 | ₹3.90 | -0.12 |
| 2026-09-08 | ₹4.01 | — |
A Demand Pillar That Doesn't Move With EV Sales
This is the practical takeaway for anyone trying to read cobalt's price off a single narrative: superalloy demand runs on aircraft-manufacturing backlogs, airline fleet-renewal cycles and defense budgets, none of which track electric-vehicle sales in any meaningful way. A weak quarter for EV registrations somewhere in the world doesn't dent an aerospace order book that was set years in advance, and a strong year for jet-engine production doesn't need battery demand to cooperate. Superalloys are widely regarded by industry trackers as cobalt's second-largest demand source, sitting behind batteries but well ahead of everything else — a genuine structural floor under the metal, not a footnote.
That floor doesn't mean the price is immune to swings. Cobalt has a well-documented history of sharp moves, mostly tied to how supply from the DRC's byproduct-driven mining base responds — or fails to respond — to shifting demand. Where this page can help is the live number and the 10-day trend above; for a longer run of historical data, the cobalt price history page carries the year-by-year figures without any of the guesswork.
What happens next is genuinely open. Aerospace order books could lengthen if air travel and defense spending keep expanding, or they could soften in a downturn — either way, no one can respond to that with certainty from where things stand today. Because there's still no retail bullion market for cobalt, anyone wanting exposure to this story realistically looks at mining, alloy-producer or battery-materials company shares, or a relevant ETF, rather than a coin or bar the way they might with gold or silver.
Cobalt Superalloy Uses — FAQs
A cobalt-based or cobalt-containing alloy engineered to keep most of its strength at temperatures where ordinary steel would soften or deform. That property is what makes it useful for jet-engine turbine blades, combustion-chamber components and industrial gas turbines — places where the metal sits close to extreme, sustained heat and simply cannot be allowed to give way.
Considerably older. Cobalt superalloys have been specified into jet engines and industrial turbines for decades, well before lithium-ion EV batteries existed as a commercial product. The battery story is newer and has grown larger, but the aerospace use never went away — it just stopped being the headline.
Battery cathodes are the larger of the two by most industry tracking, but superalloys are widely regarded as cobalt's second-largest demand source — a real, well-established pillar of the market rather than a minor niche use. We don't quote a precise tonnage or share here because that figure moves year to year and varies by data provider.
No, and that's the point of separating the two. Superalloy demand tracks aircraft manufacturing schedules, airline fleet renewal and defense spending — cycles that have nothing to do with how many electric vehicles roll off a production line in a given quarter. When one demand pillar softens, the other doesn't automatically follow.
No — there's no coin, bar or jewellery-counter market for this grade of cobalt, unlike gold or silver. Aerospace alloy producers buy cobalt under long-term industrial supply contracts referencing the London Metal Exchange (LME), not through a retail bullion channel. Investors who want exposure typically look at mining, alloy or battery-materials company shares, or a relevant ETF.
Yes. Cobalt-chromium alloys are also well established in orthopedic implants and cutting tools, valued there for hardness and wear resistance rather than heat resistance specifically. It's a smaller slice of total demand than aerospace or batteries, but it underlines that cobalt's usefulness isn't limited to the battery story most headlines focus on.
