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Zinc Reference Rate — 10-Day Trend
All prices in ₹ per gram · daily rate, updated once per day
Zinc Price Per Tonne — The Scale Galvanizers Actually Use
One tonne of zinc, scaled from today's per-gram rate of ₹0.33, comes to ₹333,767.00 on September 17, 2026. Zinc is a genuine bulk industrial metal with its own London Metal Exchange benchmark, so tonne-scale pricing is exactly how the market that actually consumes zinc thinks about it.
- 1 kilogram: ₹333.77
- 1 tonne: ₹333,767.00
- 10 tonnes: ₹3,337,670.00
Zinc Reference Rate 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 Is Why This Number Exists
Coating steel with zinc to prevent corrosion is zinc's dominant modern use by a wide margin, and it happens at genuinely industrial scale — construction steel, automotive bodies, guardrails and pipes all pass through galvanizing lines that consume zinc by the tonne on a routine basis. That single application drives more of zinc's tonne-scale demand than everything else combined.
Futures contracts formalize this scale
Zinc futures, whether traded on the LME or India's MCX, are standardized to fixed tonnage amounts per contract specifically so buyers and sellers can lock in bulk-scale pricing for future delivery, rather than negotiating every shipment from scratch. That standardization is what makes a genuinely liquid, tradeable market possible at this scale.
| Unit | Typical Buyer |
|---|---|
| Kilogram | Small industrial and retail-adjacent buyers |
| Tonne | Galvanizers, smelters, futures contracts |
Zinc Reference Rate — 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 | — |
What Moves This Figure
Construction and automotive demand for galvanized steel sits at the center of zinc's price story, alongside die-casting alloy demand for precision-molded parts. On the supply side, mining output from China, Peru and Australia — the metal's major producing countries — sets the baseline that recycling and demand growth push against.
The comparison table and 10-day history above track how this reference rate has moved recently. For a longer view, the site's own zinc price history page holds real recorded data by year and month.
Zinc Price Per Tonne — FAQs
Scaled from today's per-gram figure of ₹0.33, one tonne of zinc works out to ₹333,767.00 on September 17, 2026. Zinc is a genuine bulk industrial metal, so tonne-scale transactions are completely ordinary, not just an arithmetic exercise.
Because galvanizing — coating steel with zinc for corrosion protection — consumes zinc at genuinely industrial scale. A single galvanizing plant processes tonnes of zinc regularly; pricing by the gram would be meaningless for that kind of buyer.
It tracks the same global market, though the London Metal Exchange's own quoted price and this page's INR-converted, per-gram-based figure won't match exactly, due to currency conversion and timing differences between reference sources.
Zinc futures contracts, whether on the LME or on India's MCX, are standardized to specific tonnage amounts per contract, letting buyers and sellers lock in a price for future delivery at that bulk scale rather than negotiating each shipment individually.
Galvanizing demand from construction and automotive industries is the dominant driver by a wide margin, alongside die-casting alloy demand and the ongoing balance between mining output from countries like China, Peru and Australia and overall global consumption.
