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Tellurium Price — 10-Day Trend Behind the Drivers
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The Two Forces That Actually Move Tellurium's Price
Today's tellurium rate stands at ₹10.43 per gram, and behind every move in that number sit two interlocking forces: how much tellurium copper refiners choose to recover from anode slime, and how much cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar panel manufacturing wants to buy. Understanding these two well explains most of what shows up on the chart above.
Unlike an industrial metal with its own dedicated mines and dozens of end uses, tellurium's supply is entirely inherited from a different industry's refining decisions, and its demand is concentrated overwhelmingly in one growing but still relatively small application. That combination is exactly why its price can move differently from a directly-mined, more diversified commodity.
- Supply source: anode slimes from electrolytic copper refining, recovered only when economically worthwhile
- Demand driver: cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar panels, led by manufacturers like First Solar
- Smaller demand drivers: certain steel and copper alloys, thermoelectric applications
Tellurium Price by Weight
Today's Tellurium rate is Ten Rupees per gram. At this rate, 10 grams of Tellurium costs One Hundred and Four Rupees.
| Unit | Weight | Price (INR) | Price in Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gram | 1.0000 g | ₹10.43 | Ten Rupees |
| 8 Grams | 8.0000 g | ₹83.42 | Eighty Three Rupees |
| 10 Grams | 10.0000 g | ₹104.27 | One Hundred and Four Rupees |
| 100 Grams | 100.0000 g | ₹1,042.71 | One Thousand Forty Three Rupees |
| 1 Kilogram | 1,000.0000 g | ₹10,427.07 | Ten Thousand Four Hundred and Twenty Seven Rupees |
| 1 Ounce (oz) | 28.3495 g | ₹295.60 | Two Hundred and Ninety Six Rupees |
| 1 Troy Ounce | 31.1035 g | ₹324.32 | Three Hundred and Twenty Four Rupees |
| 1 Metric Ton | 1,000,000.0000 g | ₹10,427,067.00 | One Crore Four Lakh Twenty Seven Thousand Sixty Seven Rupees |
Supply: A Decision, Not a Mining Cycle
Most commodities respond to a price signal by opening a new mine or expanding an existing one. Tellurium can't really do that, because almost nobody mines it as a primary product. Instead, when copper is electrolytically refined, tellurium ends up concentrated in the anode slimes and residues left behind — a byproduct stream that a refiner may choose to process for tellurium recovery, or may simply not bother with, depending on whether the economics make sense at the time.
Why that makes tellurium supply hard to forecast
This means tellurium supply doesn't expand or contract the way a directly-mined metal's supply does. It moves in step with global copper refining volumes first, and only secondarily with tellurium-specific economics that determine whether a given refiner bothers running the recovery step at all. A slowdown in copper demand, entirely unrelated to tellurium, can tighten tellurium supply just as effectively as a change in tellurium's own price would.
On the demand side, cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar panels are the standout driver. This is a real, established solar technology — a genuine alternative to the more common silicon-based panel — and First Solar is a well-known manufacturer built around it. As global solar installation expands, demand pressure on tellurium's narrow supply base tends to grow along with it.
Tellurium Price — Last 10 Days
The most recent Tellurium price on record (2026-09-17) is Ten Rupees per gram. This is up by Less than One Rupees from the previous day's rate of ₹10.39.
| Date | Price (INR/g) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | ₹10.43 | +0.03 |
| 2026-09-16 | ₹10.39 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | ₹10.39 | +0.01 |
| 2026-09-14 | ₹10.37 | +0.02 |
| 2026-09-13 | ₹10.36 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-12 | ₹10.36 | +0.01 |
| 2026-09-11 | ₹10.35 | -0.01 |
| 2026-09-10 | ₹10.36 | +0.05 |
| 2026-09-09 | ₹10.31 | +0.04 |
| 2026-09-08 | ₹10.27 | — |
The Smaller Drivers Worth Knowing
Beyond CdTe solar, tellurium finds smaller but real uses in certain alloys, where adding it improves the machinability of steel and copper, and in some thermoelectric applications that convert heat differences directly into electricity. Neither use case moves the price nearly as much as solar demand does, but they add a floor of steady, non-solar demand that keeps the market from depending entirely on one industry.
Currency also plays a role for anyone tracking this market from India. Tellurium trades internationally, largely in US dollars, so a weaker rupee raises the effective landed cost here even when the underlying dollar price of tellurium hasn't moved at all — the same currency-translation effect that touches every imported industrial commodity, not something specific to tellurium.
Put these forces together — a byproduct supply chain tied to copper refining, and a demand base concentrated in a fast-growing solar technology — and it becomes clear why tellurium's price behaves less predictably than a directly-mined, diversified commodity. Anyone trying to make sense of a move in the chart above is really asking which side of that equation shifted most recently.
What Affects Tellurium Price — FAQs
Whether copper refiners find it economically worthwhile to recover tellurium from the anode slimes generated during electrolytic copper refining. Since tellurium is essentially never mined as a primary target, this recovery decision sits upstream of almost everything else that happens to the price.
Because tellurium supply is a byproduct stream of copper refining, not an independent mining operation. When global copper refining output rises or falls, the anode slime available for tellurium recovery rises or falls with it — even if nothing about tellurium demand has changed at all.
Yes, directly. Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar panels are the dominant modern use for tellurium, and manufacturers such as First Solar are real, established buyers of this material. A pickup in CdTe panel manufacturing, relative to the more common silicon-based panel technology, increases demand pressure on a supply base that cannot simply expand on its own.
To a smaller degree, yes. Tellurium is used in certain alloys to improve the machinability of steel and copper, and in some thermoelectric applications. These uses are real but represent a smaller slice of total demand compared to CdTe solar manufacturing.
Yes, indirectly. Tellurium is priced and traded internationally, so a weaker rupee against the US dollar raises the effective landed cost for Indian buyers even if the underlying dollar-denominated price hasn't moved. This is the same currency-translation effect that touches every internationally traded commodity, not something unique to tellurium.
