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Zinc Price — 10-Day Trend
All prices in ₹ per gram · daily rate, updated once per day
A Zinc Price Forecast Worth Trusting Starts With a Disclaimer
Zinc is at ₹0.34 per gram today, September 18, 2026, and anyone offering a confident, specific number for where it'll be in six months is guessing dressed up as analysis. What this page offers instead is a framework — the real factors that could push the price up or down from here, without pretending to know which way they'll actually break.
That distinction matters more for zinc than it might for a metal with a longer, more stable investment history. Zinc has no safe-haven anchor pulling it toward stability; it moves on real-world industrial decisions that are genuinely hard to call in advance.
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 | ₹0.34 | Less than One Rupees |
| 8 Grams | 8.0000 g | ₹2.72 | Three Rupees |
| 10 Grams | 10.0000 g | ₹3.39 | Three Rupees |
| 100 Grams | 100.0000 g | ₹33.94 | Thirty Four Rupees |
| 1 Kilogram | 1,000.0000 g | ₹339.39 | Three Hundred and Thirty Nine Rupees |
| 1 Ounce (oz) | 28.3495 g | ₹9.62 | Ten Rupees |
| 1 Troy Ounce | 31.1035 g | ₹10.56 | Eleven Rupees |
| 1 Metric Ton | 1,000,000.0000 g | ₹339,388.00 | Three Lakh Thirty Nine Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty Eight Rupees |
Watch Factors That Could Lift the Price
A meaningful pickup in construction activity or automotive manufacturing in major economies could lift galvanizing demand, and galvanizing is the use that moves zinc's overall demand picture more than anything else. Any supply-side disruption — a mine closure, a smelter outage, or reduced output from a major producer — could also tighten availability, since zinc production is concentrated in a relatively short list of countries.
Where that supply concentration comes in
China, Peru, and Australia are among the largest zinc-producing countries in the world. When supply sits with a small group of major producers rather than being spread evenly, a disruption at any one of them tends to carry outsized weight — a dynamic that could support prices if it plays out, though it's genuinely uncertain whether or when it would.
Zinc Price — Last 10 Days
The most recent Zinc price on record (2026-09-18) is Less than One Rupees per gram.
| Date | Price (INR/g) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | ₹0.34 | +0.00 |
| 2026-09-17 | ₹0.34 | +0.01 |
| 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 | — |
Watch Factors That Could Pull the Price Down
The mirror image applies on the downside. A broader slowdown in global industrial production or a cooling construction cycle in major economies could soften galvanizing and die-casting demand, and that would tend to weigh on the price. An increase in mine output or new smelter capacity coming online could ease supply tightness from the other direction.
Currency is the wildcard that sits underneath both scenarios. Because the India-side rate runs through the day's USD/INR conversion on top of the LME zinc price, rupee movement alone — independent of anything happening to zinc demand or supply — could push the local price in either direction. Anyone using a forecast like this should treat it as a map of possibilities, not a prediction of which road actually gets taken.
Zinc Price Forecast — FAQs
This page does not offer a firm predicted number, and treat any source that does with real caution. What can be said reasonably is that zinc's direction from here depends largely on construction and automotive demand trends, plus supply conditions in major producing countries — not on a fixed target price anyone can responsibly commit to in advance.
A pickup in construction activity or automotive manufacturing in major economies could lift galvanizing demand and, with it, the zinc price. A supply disruption — a mine closure or smelter outage in a major producing country like China, Peru, or Australia — could also tighten availability and support prices.
A broader slowdown in industrial production or construction activity tends to soften galvanizing and die-casting demand, which could weigh on the price. An increase in mine output or smelter capacity from major producers could likewise ease supply tightness and pressure prices downward.
Yes. Because the India-side rate runs through the day's USD/INR conversion on top of the LME zinc price, currency movement is a genuine factor in where the local price may head — independent of anything happening to zinc demand or supply directly.
Treat any forecast, including the general framing on this page, as one input among several rather than a guarantee. Commodity prices respond to real-world events that are inherently hard to predict with precision, and firm price targets should always be viewed with skepticism.
