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Zinc Price — 10-Day Trend
All prices in ₹ per gram · daily rate, updated once per day
Two Steps Between the Mine and the Metal
The zinc priced at ₹0.33 per gram on this page didn't come out of the ground looking anything like refined metal. It started as zinc ore, was crushed and processed at the mine into zinc concentrate — an intermediate material roughly half zinc by weight, mixed with waste minerals and other metals — and then had to be smelted and refined at a separate facility before it became the tradable metal tracked here.
That two-step path matters more than it might seem, because mining and smelting are genuinely separate businesses with separate capacity constraints. A world with plenty of zinc ore in the ground doesn't automatically mean plenty of refined zinc on the market — smelting capacity has to keep pace too.
- Zinc concentrate: the crushed, mineral-separated intermediate product from mining, not yet usable metal
- Smelting: the energy-intensive chemical process that converts concentrate into refined metal
- Refined zinc ingot: the finished, internationally benchmarked form priced on this page
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 |
Why the Smelting Bottleneck Deserves Its Own Attention
It's tempting to think of zinc supply as one single number — how much comes out of the ground. In practice, it's really two numbers that have to line up: how much concentrate mines produce, and how much smelting capacity exists to process it into refined metal. Smelting is genuinely energy-intensive, which means smelter output can be constrained by power costs and availability in ways that have nothing to do with how much ore is sitting in a mine.
The treatment charge is where this shows up in the market
The fee a smelter charges a mining company to convert their concentrate into refined metal is called a treatment charge, and it moves like a real-time gauge of the balance between the two steps. When smelting capacity is tight relative to available concentrate, smelters can charge more for their processing services. When concentrate is scarce relative to smelting capacity — smelters competing for limited feedstock — treatment charges fall, sometimes sharply, as smelters bid down their own margin just to keep facilities running.
This is a genuinely separate market signal from the refined zinc price itself, watched closely by industry participants even though it rarely makes headline commodity news the way the metal price does.
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 | — |
Which Number Actually Matters to You
For nearly everyone reading a general zinc price page — fabricators, galvanizers, investors, retail buyers — refined zinc, the form priced here and benchmarked internationally through the LME, is the number that matters. It's what shows up in real invoices and what most price feeds, including this site's, actually track.
Zinc concentrate pricing and treatment charges are a more specialized layer, mostly relevant if you're a mining company or smelter negotiating supply contracts directly, or an investor trying to understand why a mining company's margins moved even when the refined zinc price didn't. Both numbers matter to the industry — they just matter to different parts of it.
Zinc Concentrate vs Ingot — FAQs
Zinc concentrate is the intermediate product created when mined zinc ore is crushed and processed at the mine site to separate out the zinc-bearing mineral (mostly sphalerite, zinc sulfide) from waste rock. It's not usable metal yet — typically around half zinc content by weight — and still has to be smelted and refined before it becomes the metal priced on this page.
Because it's a genuinely separate bottleneck from mining. A mine can produce plenty of concentrate, but if smelters — the facilities that chemically convert concentrate into refined metal — don't have enough capacity to process it, refined zinc supply stays constrained even with mined supply running fine. Smelter maintenance, capacity additions, and energy costs (smelting is energy-intensive) all show up in refined zinc availability somewhat independently of mine output.
A treatment charge is the fee a smelter charges a miner to convert their concentrate into refined metal — essentially the smelter's processing margin. Treatment charges move with the balance between mined concentrate supply and available smelting capacity: when concentrate is scarce relative to smelting capacity, charges fall as smelters compete for feedstock; when concentrate is abundant, charges rise.
This site's tracked rate reflects refined zinc metal, the internationally benchmarked form (via the LME) that most buyers, fabricators and galvanizers actually transact in. Zinc concentrate pricing is a separate, more specialized market mostly relevant to mining companies and smelters negotiating supply contracts directly.
