Prices
No single exchange-settled price exists for europium. Trade settles over-the-counter against benchmarks published by independent price-reporting agencies. We do not republish those numbers — consult the publishers directly:
Shanghai Metals Market ↗
Daily Chinese rare-earth oxide and metal benchmark quotations.
Fastmarkets — Rare Earths ↗
MB FOB China benchmark prices and market intelligence.
Asian Metal ↗
Daily REE oxide quotations from Chinese suppliers (subscription).
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 ↗
Annual U.S. Geological Survey reference — production, reserves, prices, and trade statistics for europium.
About Europium
Editorial overviewWhat is europium?
Europium (Eu, atomic number 63) is a soft silvery rare-earth metal in the lanthanide series. It is one of the heavy rare earths and is mainly valued for its optical properties rather than as a bulk structural metal.
How europium is priced
Europium has no exchange-listed contract. The reference market is the Chinese domestic spot market, where prices are published daily by Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) and the China Rare Earth Industry Association. International benchmark assessments are published by Fastmarkets and Argus Media on a daily/weekly basis. Both are regulated benchmark administrators under UK/EU BMR. The LME does not currently list a Europium-specific contract; cash-settled rare-earth contracts on LME are limited to NdPr oxide.
Where europium comes from
USGS does not publish a separate europium mine-production series because europium is produced as part of mixed rare-earth mining and separation; the relevant USGS 2026 commodity summary is the rare earths basket rather than a stand-alone europium report. For supply context, rare earth mining is highly concentrated in China, the United States, Myanmar, Australia, and Thailand according to the USGS rare earths summary, but europium itself is not reported separately by country in USGS mine statistics. USGS MCS 2026 Rare Earths Full breakdown in the production and reserves sections.
Who produces europium
Europium is produced as a separated rare-earth oxide in the same supply chains that handle heavy rare earth separation and downstream refining; relevant producers include China Northern Rare Earth in China, MP Materials in the United States, Lynas Rare Earths in Australia and Malaysia, Iluka Resources in Australia, and Shenghe Resources in China. MP Materials Full list of producers below.
What europium is used for
Lynas identifies europium’s current application as fluorescent lighting, and the firm also lists display phosphors for LCD, PDP, and CRTs as a key rare-earth end use alongside medical-imaging phosphors and scintillators. Europium’s value comes from its red-emitting phosphor chemistry rather than from large-volume metal use. Lynas Rare Earths
Key facts about europium supply
- Lynas Rare Earths: europium is listed under current applications as fluorescent lighting. Lynas Rare Earths
- MP Materials says it mines and processes rare earths in Mountain Pass, California, but it does not publish europium-specific production on its home page. MP Materials
- USGS MCS 2026 rare earths summary is the primary USGS source for rare-earth supply data because europium is not reported separately in the element-specific MCS series. USGS MCS 2026 Rare Earths
Sources: USGS MCS 2026 Rare Earths, Lynas Rare Earths, MP Materials
Mine Production by Country
Source: USGS MCS 2026Per-country production data not published by USGS
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 reports rare-earth production and reserves on a combined rare-earth-oxide (REO) basis only — per-country data are not broken out by individual element. Europium production and reserves figures are not separately published by USGS. For the consolidated REE-group table covering all rare earths, see the Rare Earth Elements (REE) page.
Source: USGS MCS 2026
Major Producers (0)
No producer data available for this metal.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Auto-generated from primary-source dataWhat is the primary source for europium production and reserves data?
Country-level europium production and reserves figures on TSM Hub are sourced directly from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, the U.S. Geological Survey's authoritative annual reference. Company-level production figures come from each producer's official annual report, production report, or regulated exchange filing.