Palladium Profile
· ₹4,027.19/g today · Live chart →
The metal that briefly traded above gold for the first time in its history, purely because tightening emissions rules made it more valuable under a car's hood than around someone's neck.
LPPMWhere Palladium Is Produced & Consumed
Among this site's tracked countries:
Notable producers
Major consumers
Gasoline's Metal of Choice
Palladium does for petrol (gasoline) engines what platinum does for diesel — converting exhaust gases into less toxic emissions inside a catalytic converter. As petrol's share of the global vehicle market grew and emissions standards tightened, palladium demand overtook platinum's, reshaping which metal automakers actually needed more of.
Supply Concentrated in Two Places
South Africa and Russia together produce the large majority of the world's mined palladium — a concentration that makes the metal unusually sensitive to mining disruptions and geopolitical risk, and a big part of why palladium has been one of the more volatile metals to track.
One Producer's Byproduct, the World's Problem
Russia's palladium output is overwhelmingly a byproduct of one major producer's nickel mining, not a dedicated palladium industry — meaning global supply is hostage to that single company's operating decisions and to whatever sanctions or export restrictions geopolitics throws at Russian metal exports in a given year, a direct supply-chain vulnerability few other metals on this site share so acutely.
Did You Know?
Palladium traded above gold for most of 2019–2022 — a first in the metal's history — almost entirely because of tightening petrol-vehicle emissions rules, not investment demand.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Palladium price in India today is ₹4,027.19 per gram as of September 21, 2026. See the live price and chart for the full 10-day trend.
Palladium's buyers are overwhelmingly automakers building petrol-vehicle catalytic converters, alongside electronics manufacturers (multi-layer ceramic capacitors) and, in smaller volume, dentistry and white-gold jewellery alloying.
Among the countries tracked on this site, South Africa are notable producers, while USA, Germany, Japan, South Korea, China are among the largest consumers.
Palladium is tracked on LPPM — see each exchange's market profile for how it actually works.
