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Gallium Days & Observances

Critical Minerals & Energy · ₹22,556.37/kg today (-1.69% / 7d) · Live chart →

Every Gallium-related date MetalsCost tracks, each clearly labeled Official, Industry, or MetalsCost Editorial — never presented as more official than it actually is.

1 Editorial
SymbolGa
Atomic Number31
CategoryPost-Transition Metal

Gallium Observances

MetalsCost Editorial Friday, August 27, 2027 In 315 days

MetalsCost Gallium Day

MetalsCost marks August 27 for gallium — the date Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran discovered it by spectroscopy in 1875, the first of Dmitri Mendeleev's predicted "missing elements" to actually be found, a real validation moment for the periodic table itself.

MetalsCost Editorial Day — not an official international or industry observance. This date is chosen to mark a real, documented event: Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran discovered gallium by spectroscopy on August 27, 1875 (source).
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Why Gallium Matters

A metal most people have never heard of, recovered as an afterthought of other mining, that still managed to become a genuine geopolitical flashpoint.

Quick Fact

China's dominance in gallium isn't primarily about mining it — it's about being where most of the world's byproduct-recovery and refining capacity happens to be located.

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Recent Gallium News

METLEN Signs a Second Gallium Supply Deal, With a Major Japanese Chemical Company
Greece's METLEN has agreed to supply up to 16% of the future output of its Greek gallium plant to a major Japanese chemical company. Together with a July deal for up to 25%, about 41% of the 50-tonne-a-year plant is now pre-sold.
Volta Hits 283 g/t Gallium Oxide at Its Springer Rare Earth Deposit in Ontario
Volta Metals found gallium throughout three new drill holes at its Springer rare earth deposit in Ontario, with a best section of 7.54% rare earth oxides and 283 grams of gallium oxide per tonne. It now plans its first gallium resource estimate.
Spark Energy Hits Project-Record Gallium Grade at Boa Vista, Brazil
Spark Energy Minerals has returned a project-record gallium grade at its Boa Vista target in Brazil's Lithium Valley, expanding the gallium-rare earth footprint of its Arapaima project. Surface sampling also defined a new, roughly two-kilometre anomalous zone alongside the company's first discovery at Cruzeta.

Frequently Asked Questions

MetalsCost tracks 1 Gallium-related observance: MetalsCost Gallium Day.

No verified official or industry-recognized observance for Gallium specifically was found. The date(s) shown are labeled MetalsCost Editorial Day and are not presented as real international observances.

The Gallium price in India today is ₹22,556.37 per kilogram. See the live price and chart.

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