Hafnium Prices
The current price of Hafnium is $4,730.00 per kg.
Please note that the price provided above is the retail price for private investors and is aligned with industry retail pricing. For bulk hafnium purchases, whether investment or industry, please contact us directly for a quotation.
Table: Hafnium Historical Prices and Price Changes
| Date | Hafnium Price | Change % to Today | Annual Change % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 2025 | $4,730.00 / kg | ||
| Jan 1 2025 | $4,364.80 / kg | +8.37% | |
| Jan 1 2024 | $4,657.10 / kg | +1.57% | -7.21% |
| Jan 1 2023 | $4,560.00 / kg | +3.73% | +2.13% |
| Jan 1 2022 | $1,632.40 / kg | +189.76% | +179.34% |
| Jan 1 2021 | $1,404.30 / kg | +236.82% | +16.24% |
| Jan 1 2020 | $1,565.76 / kg | +202.09% | -10.31% |
| Jan 1 2019 | $1,856.40 / kg | +154.79% | -15.66% |
| Jan 1 2018 | $2,011.70 / kg | +135.12% | -7.71% |
Hafnium Historical Price Movement
At today’s price of $4,730.00 per kg, hafnium has changed +8.37% so far since the start of 2025. It lost 7.12% in 2024, but since the beginning of 2022 ( $1,632.40 per kg), it has gained a massive +189.76%.
Compared to its price of $1,404.30 per kg on Jan 1st 2021 hafnium has increased +236.82% today. If we go back further to Jan 1st 2018, when the cost of hafnium was $2,011.70 per kg, then this rare metal is up +135.12%.
To gain a better understanding of hafnium’s potential future market price, let’s explore its various applications and the countries who produce it (click here to jump to the forecast).
Hafnium is a chemical element with the symbol Hf and atomic number 72. Found in zirconium minerals, it’s a shiny, silvery, ductile metal that resists corrosion due to the formation of a tough, impenetrable oxide film on its surface.
Hafnium Uses
This strategic metal is used in a variety of industries and applications, including:
- Nuclear plants: Hafnium is used in nuclear reactors because it can absorb high levels of radiation. Its neutron-absorbing properties make it an ideal material for use in control rods in nuclear reactors.
- Aerospace industry: This industry uses hafnium because of its high melting point and resistance to corrosion. It is often used in rocket engines and spacecraft components.
- Chemical industry: This industry uses hafnium as a catalyst, often in the production of ammonia and other chemicals.
- Microelectronics: Hafnium oxide is used as a dielectric material in microelectronics. Intel™ also proclaim the use of hafnium in their Pentium processors, adding heat resistance.
- Other applications: This metal is used to make anti-reflective coated glass in camera lenses and eyeglasses. Because of its ability to shed electrons into air, it’s also used as the electrode in plasma cutting.
Where is Hafnium Produced?
Commercial sources of hafnium-bearing zirconium minerals are found in beach sands and river gravel in the United States (principally Florida), Australia, Brazil, India, and Western Africa.
Currently, the major hafnium-producing countries are the US and France. Russia produces smaller amounts too, and it’s believed that Ukraine, another notable producer, has ceased production since the war and that raw material passes to Russia for processing. India and China have some low-volume hafnium production for domestic use, but they don’t export.
What Factors Determine the Price of Hafnium?
Simply put, the laws of supply and demand determine the price of this strategic metal, as they do with all other commodities. As mentioned above, hafnium is a critical component in several industries. So, for example, if the demand for jet engines or Intel Pentium increases, so will the demand for hafnium.
Regarding the supply, we already noted that there’re no independent hafnium deposits, and this strategic metal is always a by-product of mining zirconium. While zirconian is more than twice as abundant as copper and zinc, it’s usually only found in minimal quantities and tiny crystals (typically around 0,1 mm). Therefore, it was considered rare in ancient times. However, the costly hafnium extraction process mainly constrains the supply.
Unlike with many other strategic metals and rare earths, China isn’t a contributing factor in the supply chain. China currently only produces hafnium to satisfy its own demand, and most of the demand from the West is met by production from France and the US.
Hafnium Price Forecast
Hafnium continues to behave like what it is: a tiny, strategically important market riding three big secular waves—advanced aerospace alloys, nuclear build-outs, and chipmaking materials. After a soft patch in 2024, prices have resumed their climb in 2025 (up +8% as of September), underscoring just how little slack exists in supply.
Structurally, nothing fundamental has changed on the supply side: hafnium is not mined for its own sake; it’s largely a by-product of zirconium processing, which keeps output small and inflexible. For every 50 tonnes of zirconium, only about 1 tonne of hafnium is produced—scarcity by design. The USGS “Zirconium and Hafnium (MCS 2025)” sheet makes this linkage explicit and highlights the concentrated value chain that leaves the market prone to shocks.
On the demand side, the 2025 nuclear narrative has real teeth. Fuel-cycle activity is brisk, with fresh supply agreements and fabrication investments pointing to sustained throughput across the sector—indirect but meaningful pull for hafnium-bearing control components in certain reactor designs. At the same time, aerospace and defense superalloys continue to benefit from rising aircraft build rates and rearmament programs. Market analysts, such as Fortune Business Insights, see hafnium demand growing at a mid- to high-single-digit 2030s—a clear sign that even modest demand growth is enough to stress a constrained supply base.
Price-wise, remember where we came from: we saw a sharp step-change in 2022–2023, with 99% hafnium peaking at $5,488.90/kg in October 2023. That surge reflected resurging demand colliding with the market’s inherently constrained supply base. While prices have eased somewhat since, the rebound in 2025 shows just how quickly the market can tighten again.
Could new supply ease the squeeze? Possibly—but timelines are long. Projects like ASM’s Dubbo development in Australia continue to position for multi-metal output that includes hafnium alongside zirconium and rare earths. Until such flows materialize at scale, the market remains governed by by-product math and processing bottlenecks—supportive for prices on any incremental demand surprise.
Bottom line: into 2026, we expect a tight-but-balanced market with a bullish skew: modest growth in nuclear and aerospace demand against inelastic supply should keep average prices well elevated versus the pre-2022 era. Upside risks include faster nuclear deployments or aero build-rate beats; downside risks include macro slowdowns, substitution in certain control-rod applications, or a faster-than-expected ramp from by-product sources.
How to Buy Hafnium Bars
If you Google search “buy hafnium bars”, you’ll find several suppliers and online marketplaces like Alibaba, eBay, and Amazon selling this metal. It’s worth noting though that unless you purchase from a reputable dealer, there’s no guarantee of the purity and no possibility of liquidation to anyone other than hobbyists.
Corporate buyers like Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, GE Aviation, and Intel only use licensed metal dealers to buy the industry-grade hafnium they need in their production process. Experienced metals dealers, such as ourselves, act as key intermediaries between the industry users and the producers of strategic raw materials.
Any discerning investor who wants to benefit from future hafnium price increases by purchasing and owning this metal can do this through us, the only globally licensed industry supplier offering this option to private investors. We sell industry-grade hafnium at a minimum of 99.9% purity and less than 0.2% zirconium: Hf+Zr min. 99,9% (Zr < 0,2%). Please note that this is the purest form of hafnium that is preferred by the aerospace industry.
You can also trade hafnium futures contracts in the Shanghai Metal Market (SMM).
How to Sell Hafnium
If you own some hafnium bars, you can sell them online to other hobbyists at sites like eBay, Amazon Marketplace, or Alibaba. However, you won’t get market rates because industry buyers like Safran, Intel, General Electric, and Rolls-Royce only buy pure industrial-grade hafnium from established industry suppliers.
They will only transact with a seller that can provide documentary evidence of the entire chain of custody, purity reports, and proper storage facilities. Because we’re a reputable industry supplier, we guarantee the safe and fast liquidation of our investors’ hafnium and other strategic metals to the market.
All prices on this page last updated Sep 18 2025.