How will the prices of the most expensive elements from the periodic table change between now February 20th 2026, and the end of the year.
➡️ Specifically, which decrease in price in USD.
The price when this market was created is included in each item.
If the price changes too little to notice at this resolution of recording, or the item otherwise turns out to be problematic, then that item will resolve N/A. Sorry about this, valuably I've now gained experience about how to do markets like this more smoothly in the future.
Updated previously out of date prices. The price dates are now chosen to be close to market creation date.
Rhodium, 20th feb 2026:
1st source – $353k per KG
2nd source – €326k per KG = $384k per KG
($353k + $384k) / 2 = $368k per KG
https://www.dailymetalprice.com/metalprices.php?c=rh&u=kg&d=20
https://pmm.umicore.com/en/prices/rhodium/
Palladium, 20th feb 2026:
"Precious metals like palladium are usually priced per troy ounce, not a regular (avoirdupois) ounce." apparently
1st source – $1.756k per Ounce = $56.457k per KG
2nd source – $55.55k per KG
($56.457 + $55.55) / 2 = $56k
https://goldbroker.com/charts/palladium-price/usd#historical-chart
https://www.bullionbypost.co.uk/palladium-price/week/kilograms/USD/#show-chart
Silver, 20th feb 2026
1st source – $3k per KG
2nd source – $2.57k per KG
3rd source – $2.66k per KG
($3k + $2.57k + $2.66k) / 3) = $2.74k
https://www.veracash.com/silver-price-and-chart
https://www.bullionbypost.co.uk/silver-price/today/kilograms/USD
https://www.goldcore.com/silver-price/silver-price-per-kilo
Platinum, 20th feb 2026
source 1 – $68.53k per KG
source 2 – $68k per KG
($68.53 + $68k) / 2 = $68.26k per KG
https://www.bullionbypost.co.uk/platinum-price/week/kilograms/USD/#show-chart
https://www.goldcore.co.uk/platinum-price/week/kilogram/usd
Ruthenium, 20th to 23rd feb 2026
source 1 – $49.5k per KG
source 2 – $46.16k per KG
source 3 – $39.1k per KG
($49.5k + $46.16k + $39.1k) / 3 = $44.9k per KG
source 4 – $29.3k per KG (October 2025, seems plausible)
https://strategicmetalsinvest.com/ruthenium-prices
https://www.cookson-industrial.com/metal-prices
https://tonyjarvis.co.uk/metal-prices
https://www.dailymetalprice.com/metalprices.php?c=ru&u=kg&d=1
Rhenium, 23rd feb 2026
source 1 – $6.11k per KG
source 2 – $5.45k per KG (average price so far in 2026)
source 3 – $5.7k per KG
($6.11k + $5.44k + $5.7k) / 3 = $5.75k per KG
https://strategicmetalsinvest.com/rhenium-prices
https://earthrarest.com/rhenium/price
https://www.metal.com/prices/201102250036
Gold, 20th to 23rd feb 2026
source 1 – $168.5k per KG
source 2 – $162k per KG
($168.5k + $162k) / 2 = $165.25k
https://silverprice.org/gold-price-today/2026-01-23
https://www.bullionbypost.co.uk/gold-price/today/kilograms/USD
Terbium, 23rd feb 2026
highly trusted source – $4.03k per KG
https://strategicmetalsinvest.com/terbium-prices
Hafnium, 23rd feb 2026:
highly trusted source – $12k per KG
https://strategicmetalsinvest.com/hafnium-prices
Dysprosium 23rd feb 2026:
highly trusted source – $931 per KG
https://strategicmetalsinvest.com/dysprosium-prices
Iridium 20th feb 2026:
source 1 – €200k = $236k
source 2 – $6650 per troy oz = $214k per KG
($200k + $214k) / 2 = $207k per KG
https://pmm.umicore.com/en/prices/iridium
https://matthey.com/products-and-markets/pgms-and-circularity/pgm-management
Sorry, upon further research getting a reasonable and accurate price history for the following proved unviable, they have been resolved to N/A:
Neptunium
Technetium
Thallium
Rubidium
Caesium
Krypton
Xenon
Beryllium
Scandium
Osmium
Neon
Thulium
Lutetium
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@AlanTennant thanks, the challenge with this market will be getting accurate up to date prices. Start with the more common metals. For example, goldprice.org could be a good source for gold price. Currently about 164k usd per kilogram. The other challenge is the old prices Wikipedia lists, everything has probably increased in price by now.
@EstMtz One source says gold = 163k per KG, so that's even more unlikely to drop below 75.43k, I'll use historic data is available, and update here if I'm able to edit items with said historic data for market creation date.
@AlanTennant On the Wikipedia chart the prices are from varying years. Two columns to the right of the price has the year and the next column has the source. Thulium at $3k per kg is from 2003. I'm not trying to be nitpicky for each of these, but it's challenging to place predictions when the starting price hasn't been defined for all of them.
@EstMtz That took a whole day to do, see my notes on each element, the wiki list is gone now and replaced with a whole bunch of research on every element individually. I'll also send you some mana for helping. Feel free to nitpick more. I hope the prices are now approximately correct. The year column really helped, I hadn't noticed that before.
Gold is rapidly gaining in value, even more than it usually does.
Silver and platinum are precious metals, used in jewellery.
Neon and Xenon are noble gasses, and can be used to make coloured lights for the outside of shops.
Caesium explodes when wet.
A lot of the rest of the options are radioactive.
As expensive as Lithium and Neodymium are, they don't even make the list, and are still cheaper than all these elements.
Changes to the price of the USD may also influence things.