Gold ₹14,922.60/g ▲ +0.00% Silver ₹226.02/g ▲ +0.00% Platinum ₹5,271.32/g ▲ +0.89% Palladium ₹3,624.95/g ▲ +0.70% Rhodium ₹25,404.53/g ▲ +0.22% Copper ₹1,264.26/kg ▲ +0.58% Aluminium ₹271.94/kg ▼ -0.20% Cobalt ₹3,436.35/kg ▲ +0.22% Gallium ₹22,783.48/kg ▲ +0.22% Indium ₹68,743.27/kg ▲ +0.22% Iron Ore ₹8.02/kg ▼ -0.59% Lead ₹162.46/kg ▼ -0.20% Lithium ₹1,607.94/kg ▲ +0.22% Molybdenum ₹8,124.80/kg ▲ +0.22% Nickel ₹1,359.59/kg ▼ -0.27% Neodymium ₹12,406.51/kg ▲ +0.22% Tin ₹4,771.16/kg ▲ +0.24% Tellurium ₹10,455.52/kg ▲ +0.22% Uranium ₹17,323.43/kg ▲ +0.25% Zinc ₹324.57/kg ▲ +0.18% Crude Oil (Brent) ₹9,873.16/bbl ▲ +2.04% Crude Oil (WTI) ₹8,786.07/bbl ▲ +1.24% Gasoline ₹319.01/gal ▲ +1.52% Natural Gas ₹292.58/MMBtu ▲ +1.38%

Industry

EV Manufacturing

The production of electric vehicles and their components, a major and growing source of demand for battery-grade lithium, cobalt and nickel.

Covered in 1 MetalsCost.com News Intelligence article, most recently on September 16, 2026.

Coverage

India's EV Battery Boom Could Leave It With 145,000 Tonnes of Battery Waste by 2030

EV makers benefit from cheaper, more secure domestic battery materials only if recycling capacity scales fast enough to reduce reliance on imported refined metals.

Neutral · Sep 16, 2026