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Zinc Price in 2025

In 2025, the price of zinc averaged $2,867 per tonne, up 3.3% from the year before. This page covers the 2025 average, high, low, and year-end close, the events that moved the market, and what that zinc would be worth in today's dollars.

2025 Average

$2,867

LME annual average, USD/tonne

Change vs 2024

+3.3%

from $2,776 in 2024

What happened to the zinc price in 2025

Zinc averaged $2,867 per tonne in 2025, up 3.3% from $2,776 the year before. The notable development of 2025: Full-year average per IMF/FRED.

A COVID dip near $2,270 gave way to an energy-crisis spike to a record annual average around $3,480 in 2022, as European smelters cut output, before easing back toward $2,800.

Adjusted for inflation, zinc's 2025 average of $2,867 equals about $2,867 in today's dollars. The conversion uses US Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U annual averages, so treat it as a close approximation rather than an exact figure.

Frequently Asked Questions

What was the price of zinc in 2025?
Zinc averaged $2,867 per tonne in 2025, based on World Bank and LME annual average data. That average was up 3.3% from $2,776 in 2024.
What is a 2025 zinc price worth in today's dollars?
Adjusted with the US Consumer Price Index, zinc's 2025 average of $2,867 works out to roughly $2,867 in today's dollars, using 2025 as the CPI base year. The conversion uses BLS CPI-U annual averages, so treat it as a close approximation rather than an exact figure.
What moved the zinc price in 2025?
The defining story of 2025: Full-year average per IMF/FRED. Against that backdrop, the annual average climbed 3.3%, from $2,776 in 2024 to $2,867.

Annual averages are World Bank and LME zinc prices per tonne in US dollars (LME cash and settlement basis). The 2025 figure is preliminary. Where daily data exists, the per-year high, low, and close come from MetalCharts historical data. Inflation adjustments use BLS CPI-U annual averages.