About OreStream
OreStream tracks prices for metals that matter to investors following artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and advanced technology. Most financial tools stop at gold and silver. OreStream goes further, covering the obscure materials that rarely show up on mainstream finance sites but sit at the center of some of the biggest supply chain stories in the world.
Why OreStream Exists
Gallium is used in the chips that run AI hardware. Neodymium goes into every EV motor and wind turbine magnet. Lithium is in every rechargeable battery. Uranium is staging a comeback as nuclear power gains political support again. These materials have real investment angles, and their prices move on geopolitics, export restrictions, and demand shifts that are worth watching.
OreStream pulls together live prices, annual price history, supply risk context, and investment options for all of them in one place.
Metals Covered
Data Sources
Live spot prices are fetched from MetalpriceAPI, which aggregates data from global financial exchanges and OTC markets. Prices refresh every 10 minutes.
Daily price chart history for Gold, Silver, Platinum, and Palladium comes from Stooq. Charts support 1W, 1M, 3M, and 1Y time ranges.
Annual average price history (2015–2025) for industrial and tech-critical metals comes from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, a public-domain report published each year by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Annual averages for LME-traded base metals including Copper, Nickel, Zinc, Lead, Tin, Aluminum, and Manganese are derived from LME published data, cross-referenced with Westmetall daily records.
Rhodium annual averages come from Johnson Matthey PGM market data. Uranium annual spot prices come from UxC, the standard reference for nuclear fuel pricing.
The Latest News section pulls recent headlines from GNews, which aggregates articles from thousands of publishers worldwide. Results are filtered for relevance to critical minerals, supply chains, and metals markets.
Additional news articles come from NewsData.io, a second aggregator covering top-tier publications globally. Both sources are queried in parallel and merged, with duplicates removed before the top results are shown. The combined pool refreshes once per hour.
Important Information
Live prices are delayed up to 10 minutes and may differ from futures prices on CME/COMEX or Yahoo Finance, which reflect different delivery terms and data sources.
For tech-critical metals like Gallium and Germanium, spot prices reflect OTC indicative quotes. Retail purchase prices for physical material are often significantly higher.
Annual price history for industrial and specialty metals comes from public reference data and is updated once a year when new USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries are published, usually in January or February.
Nothing on OreStream is financial advice. All data is for informational purposes only.
OreStream is currently in development. All user data, including portfolios and watchlists, is subject to being wiped at any time without notice.
OreStream was created by Pranav Ganji as a passion project to learn about working with APIs and market data.
Prices and data are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial, investment, or trading advice.