Magnesium Metal Export Prices On October 27, 2026

This page records the magnesium metal export price on October 27, 2026, FOB Tianjin and in US dollars per tonne. One grade is quoted, Mg 99.9%, together with a surface condition stated on the sheet. The price is unchanged from the previous session. What follows sets out the figures exactly as published, explains what the grade and the surface condition mean for a buyer, compares the un-pickled basis against the pickled alternative on the points that decide a purchase, lists the checks worth completing before an order, and answers the questions that come up most often.

Table 1 - Magnesium metal export price, October 27, 2026

Basis: FOB Tianjin, USD per tonne, Mg 99.9% in the surface condition stated in the line. The figures are the range published for the October 27, 2026 session, compared with the previous session on a like-for-like basis, with no change to grade, surface condition or price basis.

Note: all prices held steady vs the previous session.

The magnesium price quotation is a single line and a narrow range: 2180-2190 USD per tonne for Mg 99.9% on an un-pickled basis. A ten-dollar band on a tonnage quantity points to a narrow offer spread between active sellers on the day, so a buyer's final figure settles inside that window rather than across a wide field. Grade and surface condition are part of the quotation, not separate options: the figure applies to Mg 99.9% in the un-pickled condition as stated, and a different grade or finish is a different quotation.

The line held steady. Both ends of the published range, 2180 and 2190 USD per tonne, are identical to those quoted in the previous session, for the same grade and the same surface condition.

That is a narrow statement and should be read narrowly. It records that the published range did not move between the two sessions; it does not record why. A flat quotation can follow a quiet week, or a week in which buyers and sellers pushed in opposite directions with no net movement in the published band. Nothing on the sheet distinguishes those cases, and no reason is published here, so none should be inferred.

What the flat line does establish is that the relationship between this grade and the other quotations a buyer tracks is unchanged for the session, so a plan costed against the previous quotation still holds its cost basis. It also means the decision that matters here is not a timing decision, since nothing in a steady sheet suggests waiting for a better number, but a specification decision: whether the surface condition quoted is the one the plant needs.

Magnesium metal at Mg 99.9% is a high-purity primary magnesium, with the figure describing the minimum magnesium content and leaving a tenth of a percent for the sum of the other elements present. Purity at this level is not a marketing label. It sets how much of the residual element load a melt can absorb before the magnesium itself begins to bring in unwanted chemistry, which is why an alloying or desulphurising application that starts with a high-purity input has more headroom in the rest of the charge.

The surface condition on the sheet is un-pickled. Pickling is the acid treatment applied after casting to remove surface oxide, casting skin and scale from the ingot or stick, leaving a bright, chemically cleaned surface. Un-pickled material has not had that treatment: the surfaces carry the oxide layer and the casting skin that form naturally during solidification and cooling. This is a description of how the metal was finished, not a description of the metal inside, because the grade figure of Mg 99.9% applies to the analysis of the material either way.

What that difference means in practice sits at the surface and at the start of the melt. An oxide-bearing surface carries oxygen and, in humid conditions, moisture, both unwelcome in a magnesium melt for reasons of melt safety and cleanliness rather than magnesium content. Un-pickled material therefore places more weight on storage, pre-melt inspection and the melt shop's handling routine. Where those controls are in place, the oxide layer is a routine condition of the raw material; where they are not, it becomes a defect that shows up at the wrong end of the process.

The practical consequence is that surface condition should be agreed as a specification item in its own right. The sheet quotes one condition, un-pickled, at one price, and gives no figure for a pickled alternative, so a buyer needing pickled material cannot read a pickled price off this sheet or derive one by adding or subtracting a margin. That enquiry has to be made on its own.

Table 2 - Purchasing considerations for the two surface conditions

The two columns describe processing differences only. No pickled price is published here, so no cost comparison between the conditions is offered and the table should not be read as one. A buyer weighing the two should cost them against their own handling and melt practice, and obtain a separate quotation for the pickled condition.

The sheet fixes grade, surface condition and a price range on an FOB Tianjin basis. Nearly everything else that decides whether a delivery runs cleanly has to be confirmed. These points are the ones most often left open.

1. Surface condition, stated explicitly in the order. Un-pickled is what this sheet quotes. Confirm in writing that the order is placed on that basis, and that both sides understand what the surface will look like on arrival.
2. Storage and protection in transit. Un-pickled magnesium needs a packing and stowage arrangement that keeps moisture away from an oxide-bearing surface. Agree the packing, the desiccant or barrier arrangement where used, and the container conditions before shipment.
3. Packaging format. Ingot mass, bundle or pallet configuration, strapping and labelling should all be agreed, because they determine how the material is charged and how much handling it receives before it reaches the furnace.
4. Grade certification. Confirm the certificate of analysis, the analytical basis behind Mg 99.9%, and how the residual elements are reported.
5. The price base, in full. The figure is FOB Tianjin, USD per tonne. Any other basis, currency or unit is a separate quotation and should not be assumed from these numbers.
6. Where inside the range the order will be priced. A narrow range is still a range. Confirm the figure applicable to the quantity and loading period being ordered.
7. Quantity and shipment window. Agree the tonnage, the tolerance and the loading period, since a quotation dated to one session is not automatically available in a later one.
8. Validity. A steady quotation for October 27, 2026 describes that session only. It is not a standing offer and needs re-confirmation before it is used in a later decision.

• One magnesium line is quoted for October 27, 2026: Mg 99.9%, un-pickled, at 2180-2190 USD per tonne FOB Tianjin.
• The range held steady against the previous session, with both ends unchanged.
• Mg 99.9% describes the analysis of the metal and applies irrespective of surface treatment.
• Un-pickled means the material keeps its casting surface, oxide layer and scale; pickled material has had that layer removed chemically.
• Surface condition is a specification item and drives packing, storage and melt-shop handling more than it drives the grade.
• No pickled price is published on this sheet, so the two conditions cannot be compared on cost from these figures alone.
• Before ordering, state the surface condition explicitly and confirm packing with the magnesium metal supplier issuing the quotation, because un-pickled and pickled are two different purchases.

Confirm the surface condition and the packing requirement first, and the quotation can then be locked against a defined specification rather than a general grade. Send the tonnage, the required surface condition, the packaging format and the shipment window, and ZhenAn International Co., Limited will confirm the applicable price and loading arrangement in writing for export from Tianjin. The desk is reachable on WhatsApp: +86 15518824805 or by Email: info@zaferroalloy.com.