In 2023, the average price for lead stood at 2,136 nominal U.S. dollars per metric ton. It is forecast that in 2026 the price of one metric ton of lead will amount to 2,100 nominal U.S. dollars.

Lead prices in , May, 2025 For that commodity indicator, we provide data from January 1960 to May 2025. The average value during that period was 962 USD per metric ton with a minimum of 140.7 USD per metric ton in August 1962 and a maximum of 3719.72 USD per metric ton in October 2007. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

This statistic depicts the average monthly prices for lead worldwide from January 2014 through January 2025. In January 2025, the average monthly price for lead worldwide stood at 1,921.36 nominal U.S. dollars per metric ton.

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The average North American market price for lead in 2023 stood at an estimated 115 U.S. cents per pound. This represented a slight decrease from the previous year, when the average price of lead stood at 116.5 cents per pound.

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This statistic represents the projected LME lead price between 2012 and 2020. In 2017, one pound of lead is expected to cost around 85 U.S. dollar cents. Lead is a base metal which is predominantly used in battery manufacturing and cable sheathing.

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China Settlement Price: Shanghai Future Exchange: Lead: 1st Month data was reported at 16,920.000 RMB/Ton in 13 May 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 16,885.000 RMB/Ton for 12 May 2025. China Settlement Price: Shanghai Future Exchange: Lead: 1st Month data is updated daily, averaging 15,370.000 RMB/Ton from Mar 2011 (Median) to 13 May 2025, with 3433 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22,535.000 RMB/Ton in 29 Nov 2016 and a record low of 11,945.000 RMB/Ton in 14 Jan 2015. China Settlement Price: Shanghai Future Exchange: Lead: 1st Month data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Shanghai Futures Exchange. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Financial Market – Table CN.ZB: Shanghai Futures Exchange: Commodity Futures: Settlement Price: Daily.

In 2016, the global refined lead market grew to 11.2M tons, growing steadily by +3.3% per year over the last nine years with only mild fluctuations. In wholesale prices, the market stood at $22.5B, illustrating a mixed trend pattern. There was a significant decline by 31% in 2009, followed by strong growth over the next two years. Afterwards, however, the market value slipped back in the following year and stabilized from 2013 to 2014, it plunged again in 2015 and then flattened.

European Union - Producer prices in industry: Lead, zinc and tin production was 107.80 points in April of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Producer prices in industry: Lead, zinc and tin production - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, European Union - Producer prices in industry: Lead, zinc and tin production reached a record high of 133.80 points in April of 2022 and a record low of 39.90 points in January of 2005.

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Graph and download economic data for Producer Price Index by Commodity: Machinery and Equipment: Storage Batteries, Lead Acid Type, Larger Than BCI Dimensional Group 8D (WPU11790104) from Dec 1984 to May 2025 about lead, machinery, metals, equipment, commodities, PPI, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

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United States - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Metals and Metal Products: Stainless and Other Alloy Steel Scrap was 441.08300 Index Dec 1986=100 in May of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Metals and Metal Products: Stainless and Other Alloy Steel Scrap reached a record high of 845.43200 in March of 2022 and a record low of 100.00000 in December of 1986. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Metals and Metal Products: Stainless and Other Alloy Steel Scrap - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.