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Zinc Price — 10-Day Trend
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Three Real Jobs, One Dominant One
Zinc, priced at ₹0.33 per gram today, September 17, 2026, is a bluish-white industrial metal with a genuinely wide range of applications — but one use towers over the rest. Galvanizing, the process of coating steel and iron with a protective zinc layer, accounts for the largest share of zinc demand by a wide margin, ahead of die-casting alloys and zinc-based batteries.
- Dominant use: galvanizing — corrosion protection for steel and iron
- Second use: die-casting alloys for precision-molded automotive and consumer parts
- Smaller, real use: zinc-based battery chemistries
Zinc Price by Weight
Today's Zinc rate is Less than One Rupees per gram. At this rate, 10 grams of Zinc costs Three Rupees.
| Unit | Weight | Price (INR) | Price in Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gram | 1.0000 g | ₹0.33 | Less than One Rupees |
| 8 Grams | 8.0000 g | ₹2.67 | Three Rupees |
| 10 Grams | 10.0000 g | ₹3.34 | Three Rupees |
| 100 Grams | 100.0000 g | ₹33.38 | Thirty Three Rupees |
| 1 Kilogram | 1,000.0000 g | ₹333.77 | Three Hundred and Thirty Four Rupees |
| 1 Ounce (oz) | 28.3495 g | ₹9.46 | Nine Rupees |
| 1 Troy Ounce | 31.1035 g | ₹10.38 | Ten Rupees |
| 1 Metric Ton | 1,000,000.0000 g | ₹333,767.00 | Three Lakh Thirty Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Seven Rupees |
Galvanizing: Why It Dominates
Bare steel rusts, and rust is expensive — in maintenance, in premature replacement, in structural failure. Galvanizing solves that with a zinc coating that both physically blocks moisture and sacrifices itself electrochemically ahead of the steel underneath, protecting it even after minor scratches. That combination is why construction steel, automotive body panels, highway guardrails, and outdoor infrastructure of nearly every kind lean on zinc coating rather than any alternative. The site's zinc galvanizing explained page walks through the process itself in more depth.
Die-casting: the second real application
Zinc alloys are also widely used in die-casting — a manufacturing process that injects molten metal into a mold under pressure to produce precise, detailed parts at scale. Zinc's relatively low melting point and how well it flows into fine mold details make it a practical choice for automotive components, hardware fittings, and consumer-product parts that need tight tolerances.
Zinc Price — Last 10 Days
The most recent Zinc price on record (2026-09-17) is Less than One Rupees per gram.
| Date | Price (INR/g) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | ₹0.33 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-16 | ₹0.33 | 0.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | ₹0.33 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-14 | ₹0.33 | -0.01 |
| 2026-09-13 | ₹0.34 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-12 | ₹0.34 | 0.00 |
| 2026-09-11 | ₹0.34 | 0.00 |
| 2026-09-10 | ₹0.34 | -0.01 |
| 2026-09-09 | ₹0.35 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | ₹0.35 | — |
A Byproduct Story Hiding Inside the Ore
One detail worth knowing: zinc ore is rarely just zinc. Many zinc deposits carry real, recoverable amounts of other metals alongside it, and that relationship is actually where most of the world's gallium and indium supply comes from — both tracked separately on this site. It doesn't change what zinc itself is used for, but it's a reminder that zinc mining underpins more of the broader metals market than the headline galvanizing story suggests. The site's zinc as a source of gallium and indium page covers that connection directly.
What Is Zinc Used For — FAQs
By far its largest use is galvanizing — coating steel and iron with a protective zinc layer to prevent rust and corrosion. It's used across construction steel, automotive body panels, guardrails, pipes, and outdoor infrastructure of almost every kind.
Die-casting alloys are the next major use — zinc alloys are precision-molded into automotive and consumer-product parts, valued for how easily they cast into detailed shapes. Zinc-based batteries are a smaller but real third application.
Zinc corrodes far more slowly than bare steel and also protects electrochemically — if the coating gets scratched, the zinc immediately around the exposed spot corrodes first, sacrificing itself ahead of the steel underneath. Few metals combine both properties as effectively.
Yes, in zinc-based battery chemistries, though this remains a smaller share of total zinc demand compared to galvanizing and die-casting. It's a genuine, ongoing application rather than a niche curiosity.
No. Zinc has no meaningful jewellery or retail bullion market. It trades as an industrial commodity on the London Metal Exchange, and today's rate of ₹0.33 per gram reflects construction, automotive, and industrial demand rather than investment flows.
