aid: benchmark-minerals
name: Benchmark Minerals
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/benchmark-minerals/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-04-19'
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consumer
specificationVersion: '0.19'
description: >-
  Benchmark Mineral Intelligence is the world's leading market intelligence and
  price reporting agency for the lithium-ion battery supply chain and energy
  transition materials. The company provides mine-to-grid supply chain data,
  price assessments, forecasts, and databases covering lithium, nickel, cobalt,
  graphite, batteries, electric vehicles, rare earths, and permanent magnets.
  Benchmark's proprietary price assessment methodologies are assured to Type 2
  IOSCO standards. API access is available to subscribers for programmatic
  integration of price data, supply chain data, and market intelligence into
  business systems and analytics platforms.
tags:
  - Batteries
  - Cobalt
  - Critical Minerals
  - Electric Vehicles
  - Energy Transition
  - Graphite
  - Lithium
  - Lithium Ion
  - Market Intelligence
  - Mining
  - Nickel
  - Price Reporting
  - Rare Earths
  - Supply Chain
apis:
  - aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-api
    name: Benchmark Minerals API
    tags:
      - Batteries
      - Critical Minerals
      - Market Intelligence
      - Mining
      - Price Data
      - Supply Chain
    humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
    description: >-
      The Benchmark Minerals API provides programmatic access to price data,
      supply chain data, and market intelligence for the lithium-ion battery
      and critical minerals supply chain. API keys are available to enterprise
      subscribers, enabling integration of benchmark prices, forecasts, and
      supply chain databases into business intelligence and procurement systems.
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
common:
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/benchmark-mineral-intelligence
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com
  - type: Portal
    url: https://source.benchmarkminerals.com
    title: Benchmark Source Data Platform
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/all-prices-subscription
    title: Price Data Subscriptions
  - type: Features
    data:
      - name: Price Assessments
        description: >-
          IOSCO Type 2 assured benchmark price assessments for lithium, nickel,
          cobalt, graphite, rare earths, permanent magnets, and battery cells,
          used as reference prices in supply contracts and financial instruments.
      - name: Supply Chain Data
        description: >-
          Comprehensive mine-to-grid supply chain databases covering raw material
          mining, processing, cell manufacturing, and gigafactory capacity across
          lithium ion and sodium ion battery chemistries.
      - name: Market Forecasts
        description: >-
          Long-term supply and demand forecasts for critical battery materials
          and electric vehicle adoption, tracking policy shifts, capacity expansions,
          and technology transitions.
      - name: Gigafactory Intelligence
        description: >-
          Global tracking of battery gigafactory capacity, ownership, operating
          status, production volumes, and technology transitions for lithium ion
          and next-generation battery chemistries.
      - name: API Data Integration
        description: >-
          Enterprise API access enables subscribers to integrate Benchmark price
          data and supply chain databases directly into business intelligence
          platforms, ERP systems, and procurement workflows.
      - name: Price Dashboard
        description: >-
          Interactive price dashboard providing real-time access to benchmark
          prices, historical price charts, and data visualization for energy
          transition materials.
  - type: UseCases
    data:
      - name: Supply Chain Procurement
        description: >-
          Battery manufacturers and EV OEMs use Benchmark price data as reference
          benchmarks in raw material supply contracts and procurement negotiations
          for lithium, nickel, cobalt, and graphite.
      - name: Investment and Financial Analysis
        description: >-
          Investors, banks, and financial institutions use Benchmark forecasts and
          price data to evaluate mining projects, battery companies, and energy
          transition investment opportunities.
      - name: Strategic Planning
        description: >-
          Corporate strategy teams and policy makers use Benchmark supply chain
          databases and forecasts to plan capacity investments and assess raw
          material availability for battery manufacturing programs.
      - name: Risk Management
        description: >-
          Supply chain managers use Benchmark price data and market intelligence
          to identify supply risks, monitor market conditions, and develop
          hedging strategies for critical mineral exposure.
  - type: Integrations
    data:
      - name: Business Intelligence Platforms
        description: >-
          Benchmark API integrates with BI tools and data analytics platforms
          to embed price data and supply chain metrics in custom dashboards
          and reporting workflows.
      - name: ERP Systems
        description: >-
          Enterprise API access enables integration of Benchmark benchmark prices
          into ERP and procurement systems for automated contract indexing and
          raw material cost tracking.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com