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Lead Reference Rate — 10-Day Trend
All prices in ₹ per gram · daily rate, updated once per day
Lead Price Per Tonne — The Scale That Actually Matters
One tonne of lead, scaled from today's per-gram rate of ₹0.17, comes to ₹165,528.00 on September 17, 2026. Unlike gallium or tellurium, where a tonne is an abstraction, lead genuinely moves at this scale — battery plants, smelters, and traders all think in tonnes, not grams.
- 1 kilogram: ₹165.53
- 1 tonne: ₹165,528.00
- 10 tonnes: ₹1,655,280.00
Lead Reference Rate by Weight
Today's Lead rate is Less than One Rupees per gram. At this rate, 10 grams of Lead costs Two Rupees.
| Unit | Weight | Price (INR) | Price in Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gram | 1.0000 g | ₹0.17 | Less than One Rupees |
| 8 Grams | 8.0000 g | ₹1.32 | One Rupees |
| 10 Grams | 10.0000 g | ₹1.66 | Two Rupees |
| 100 Grams | 100.0000 g | ₹16.55 | Seventeen Rupees |
| 1 Kilogram | 1,000.0000 g | ₹165.53 | One Hundred and Sixty Six Rupees |
| 1 Ounce (oz) | 28.3495 g | ₹4.69 | Five Rupees |
| 1 Troy Ounce | 31.1035 g | ₹5.15 | Five Rupees |
| 1 Metric Ton | 1,000,000.0000 g | ₹165,528.00 | One Lakh Sixty Five Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty Eight Rupees |
Where This Reference Sits Against the LME and MCX
Lead's primary global benchmark is the London Metal Exchange, where the metal trades in standard lot sizes measured in tonnes. India's Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) runs its own lead futures contract, generally tracking the LME's direction with its own currency and delivery-logistics adjustments layered in. This page's INR-converted, per-gram-based figure is a tracking reference against that broader market, not a live LME or MCX quote itself.
Why a tonne of lead is a genuinely different business than a tonne of gold
A tonne of lead is bulky, heavy, and relatively cheap per unit of weight compared to precious metals — reflecting lead's role as an industrial input rather than a store of value. That's exactly why lead trades in tonnes as a matter of course: the volumes involved in battery manufacturing make gram-scale or even kilogram-scale pricing impractical for anyone actually running that business.
| Exchange | Currency | Role |
|---|---|---|
| London Metal Exchange (LME) | US Dollar | Primary global benchmark |
| Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) | Indian Rupee | Domestic Indian futures market |
Lead Reference Rate — Last 10 Days
The most recent Lead price on record (2026-09-17) is Less than One Rupees per gram.
| Date | Price (INR/g) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | ₹0.17 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-16 | ₹0.17 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | ₹0.16 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-14 | ₹0.16 | 0.00 |
| 2026-09-13 | ₹0.16 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-12 | ₹0.16 | 0.00 |
| 2026-09-11 | ₹0.17 | 0.00 |
| 2026-09-10 | ₹0.17 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-09 | ₹0.17 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | ₹0.17 | — |
What Moves This Tonne-Scale Figure
Global lead demand tracks battery-replacement cycles closely, while supply comes from a mix of primary mining and — unusually for an industrial metal — a very large secondary-recycling stream. That recycling cushion tends to smooth out some of the sharper swings that a purely mining-dependent metal might show, though it doesn't eliminate price movement entirely.
The comparison table and 10-day history above track that movement in context. For a longer view, the site's own lead price history page holds real recorded figures by year and month.
Lead Price Per Tonne — FAQs
Scaled from today's per-gram figure of ₹0.17, one tonne of lead works out to ₹165,528.00 on September 17, 2026. Unlike some of the thinner specialty metals this site tracks, tonne-scale lead deals are a completely normal, everyday transaction size.
Because lead is a bulk industrial metal used in genuinely large quantities — a single lead-acid battery plant can consume many tonnes of lead in a week. Pricing by the gram would be practically meaningless for the buyers who actually move this market.
They track the same underlying commodity market, though the LME's own quoted price and this page's INR-converted, per-gram-based figure won't match to the rupee — currency conversion, timing, and index methodology all introduce small differences between any two reference sources.
A standard lead-acid car battery contains several kilograms of lead, which is why battery manufacturing is measured in tonnes of lead consumed across a full production run, not grams — this per-tonne figure is the scale that actually matters to that industry.
Yes — it's a straight multiplication of the same daily per-gram rate, so it updates exactly as often. The comparison table and 10-day history on this page track that daily movement.
