Gold ₹16,337.59/g ▼ -0.55% Silver ₹244.96/g ▼ -0.85% Platinum ₹5,798.33/g ▲ +0.14% Palladium ₹4,193.40/g ▼ -0.23% Rhodium ₹24,703.20/g ▼ -0.01% Copper ₹1,268.64/kg ▼ -0.15% Aluminium ₹280.52/kg ▼ -0.08% Cobalt ₹4,914.84/kg ▼ -0.01% Gallium ₹23,444.38/kg ▲ +0.00% Indium ₹69,488.87/kg ▲ +0.00% Iron Ore ₹8.31/kg ▼ -0.01% Lead ₹167.16/kg ▼ -0.01% Lithium ₹2,084.66/kg ▲ +0.00% Molybdenum ₹8,085.39/kg ▲ +0.00% Nickel ₹1,482.22/kg ▲ +0.00% Neodymium ₹12,371.60/kg ▲ +0.00% Tin ₹4,879.35/kg ▼ -0.01% Tellurium ₹10,455.80/kg ▲ +0.00% Uranium ₹16,852.67/kg ▼ -0.01% Zinc ₹332.88/kg ▼ -0.31% Crude Oil (Brent) ₹8,839.68/bbl ▲ +0.11% Crude Oil (WTI) ₹8,163.78/bbl ▲ +0.42% Gasoline ₹313.34/gal ▲ +0.80% Natural Gas ₹265.83/MMBtu ▲ +0.18%

Iron Ore Days & Observances

Steel & Construction Materials · ₹8.31/kg today (+0.30% / 7d) · Live chart →

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

1 Editorial
SymbolFe
Atomic Number26
CategoryTransition Metal

Iron Ore Observances

MetalsCost Editorial Monday, October 12, 2026 In 48 days

MetalsCost Iron Day

MetalsCost marks October 12 for iron — one of the oldest metals worked by humans, with no single discovery date to reference. This is an evenly-spaced content-calendar placeholder, not tied to a specific historical event.

MetalsCost Editorial Day — not an official international or industry observance. No single verified discovery or founding date exists for this metal, so MetalsCost assigned an evenly-spaced content-calendar date rather than inventing a claimed "day."
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Why Iron Ore Matters

The world's most-mined metal by tonnage — and, on this site, the one most often mistaken for the price of finished steel rather than the raw ore that becomes it.

Quick Fact

Iron ore can't have one uniform spot price the way gold or copper do, because ore quality varies hugely by iron content and impurities — pricing evolved around standardised grade benchmarks (commonly 62% Fe fines) rather than a single grade.

Read the full Iron Ore profile →

Recent Iron Ore News

A Welsh Steel Plant Is Running Half-Empty After Britain Tripled Vietnam's Duty-Free Import Quota
Tata's Llanwern steelworks is running at roughly half capacity after Britain raised duty-free steel import quotas for Vietnam and India, undercutting a plant that supplies nearly half the UK's galvanised steel.
Analysts Cut 2026 Iron Ore Price Forecast to $99 a Tonne as China's Demand Stays Weak
BMI has cut its 2026 iron ore price forecast to $99 a tonne from $101, pointing to soft Chinese demand, near-record port inventories and new supply from Guinea's Simandou mine.
US-Canada Trade Deal Would Halve Tariffs on Aluminium and Steel to 25%
A tentative US-Canada deal would halve steel and aluminium tariffs to 25% and cut auto tariffs to 15%, with a paused $20 billion tariff deadline now set for August 22.

Frequently Asked Questions

MetalsCost tracks 1 Iron Ore-related observance: MetalsCost Iron Day.

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

The Iron Ore price in India today is ₹8.31 per kilogram. See the live price and chart.

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