Benchmark Minerals

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.

Benchmark Minerals publishes 14 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Anodes API, Black Mass API, Cathodes API, and 11 more. Tagged areas include Batteries, Cobalt, Critical Minerals, Electric Vehicles, and Energy Transition.

The Benchmark Minerals catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Benchmark Minerals’ developer surface includes authentication, sandbox, documentation, API reference, support, engineering blog, pricing, and 25 more developer resources.

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51.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 37/100 agent ready Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

1 published contract 1 MCP Servers 3 Agent Skills 6 Features 4 Use Cases

Batteries Cobalt Critical Minerals Electric Vehicles Energy TransitionGraphiteLithium Lithium-Ion Market Intelligence Mining NickelPrice ReportingRare Earths Supply Chain

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Data & Reference Information Services

AE-230

AnodesBlack MassCathodesCobaltElectrolyteLithium

POST /prices/anodes POST /prices/black-mass POST /prices/cathodes POST /prices/cobalt

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 51.5/100 · developing

Contract Quality 9.3 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 8.1 / 15

Access Clarity 10.7 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 10

Contract Governance 2.9 / 9

Discoverability 5.1 / 8

Regulatory Posture 5.8 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 5 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

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Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Operational Transparency scores 2.6 — up to +12.7 composite points
Contract Quality scores 49.6 — up to +12.6 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 54.2 — up to +9.2 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Carbon Markets and Environmental Services (carbon removal, waste, mining)	undeclared	-	-	-
Energy Subsurface (oil & gas data standards, mining)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 4

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (verified)

OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Metadata

measured — observed by APIs.io (verified)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 14

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Benchmark Minerals Anodes API

The Anodes API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for anodes.

Benchmark Minerals Black Mass API

The Black Mass API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for black mass.

Benchmark Minerals Cathodes API

The Cathodes API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for cathodes.

Benchmark Minerals Cobalt API

The Cobalt API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for cobalt.

Benchmark Minerals Electrolyte API

The Electrolyte API from Benchmark Minerals — 2 operation(s) for electrolyte.

Benchmark Minerals Lithium API

The Lithium API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for lithium.

Benchmark Minerals Lithium ion Battery API

The Lithium ion Battery API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for lithium ion battery.

Benchmark Minerals Lithium ion Battery Raw Material API

The Lithium ion Battery Raw Material API from Benchmark Minerals — 1 operation(s) for lithium ion battery raw material.

Benchmark Minerals Manganese API

The Manganese API from Benchmark Minerals — 2 operation(s) for manganese.

Benchmark Minerals Natural Graphite API

The Natural Graphite API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for natural graphite.

Benchmark Minerals Nickel API

The Nickel API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for nickel.

Benchmark Minerals Rare Earths API

The Rare Earths API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for rare earths.

Benchmark Minerals Spotlight API

The Spotlight API from Benchmark Minerals — 1 operation(s) for spotlight.

Benchmark Minerals Synthetic Graphite API

The Synthetic-Graphite API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for synthetic-graphite.

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Benchmark MCP Gateway (https://mcp.benchmarkminerals.com/mcp)

A first-party remote MCP server operated by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence on their own subdomain, fronting an AWS Bedrock AgentCore Gateway. It is undocumented on the public we...

MCP SERVER

Agent Skills 3

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

benchmark-minerals-market-movement-summary

AGENT SKILL

benchmark-minerals-pull-price-series

AGENT SKILL

benchmark-minerals-track-composite-index

AGENT SKILL

Benchmark Minerals API pricing

Prices published by Benchmark Minerals, read 2026-10-28 from www.benchmarkminerals.com/plans.

Plan	Price
Bundle 1: Upstream Essentials	Contact Us Includes: Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Graphite & Anode, Rare Earths, Magnets & Motors, Battery Chemicals
Bundle 2: Midstream to End-Use	Contact Us Includes: Cathode & pCAM, Battery & Gigafactory, New Technology, EV, BESS
Bundle 3: Full Battery Value Chain	Contact Us Includes: all-encompassing coverage

Plan details, limits and sources →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Benchmark Minerals Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Benchmark Minerals Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Benchmark Minerals

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Benchmark Minerals Finops

FINOPS

Features 6

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Price Assessments

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 con...

Supply Chain Data

Comprehensive mine-to-grid supply chain databases covering raw material mining, processing, cell manufacturing, and gigafactory capacity across lithium ion and sodium ion batter...

Market Forecasts

Long-term supply and demand forecasts for critical battery materials and electric vehicle adoption, tracking policy shifts, capacity expansions, and technology transitions.

Gigafactory Intelligence

Global tracking of battery gigafactory capacity, ownership, operating status, production volumes, and technology transitions for lithium ion and next-generation battery chemistr...

API Data Integration

Enterprise API access enables subscribers to integrate Benchmark price data and supply chain databases directly into business intelligence platforms, ERP systems, and procuremen...

Price Dashboard

Interactive price dashboard providing real-time access to benchmark prices, historical price charts, and data visualization for energy transition materials.

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Benchmark Minerals API Rules

46 rules · 41 errors 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Benchmark Minerals Prices Api Overlay

8 actions · documentation · prices-api.yml

DERIVED

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Benchmark Minerals Authentication

apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Benchmark Minerals Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Benchmark Minerals Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Supply Chain Procurement

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...

Investment and Financial Analysis

Investors, banks, and financial institutions use Benchmark forecasts and price data to evaluate mining projects, battery companies, and energy transition investment opportunities.

Strategic Planning

Corporate strategy teams and policy makers use Benchmark supply chain databases and forecasts to plan capacity investments and assess raw material availability for battery manuf...

Risk Management

Supply chain managers use Benchmark price data and market intelligence to identify supply risks, monitor market conditions, and develop hedging strategies for critical mineral e...

Integrations 2

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Business Intelligence Platforms

Benchmark API integrates with BI tools and data analytics platforms to embed price data and supply chain metrics in custom dashboards and reporting workflows.

ERP Systems

Enterprise API access enables integration of Benchmark benchmark prices into ERP and procurement systems for automated contract indexing and raw material cost tracking.

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

Sandbox

Benchmark API

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

Benchmark MCP Gateway (https://mcp.benchmarkminerals.com/mcp)

MCPServer

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Lifecycle

Conformance

Components

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

IOSCO-assured price assessments

Compliance

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

FinOps

Plans

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Subscription Plans

Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Benchmark Source

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: benchmark-minerals
name: Benchmark Minerals
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/benchmark-minerals/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - scopes
  - rate-limits
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-09-04'
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/benchmark-minerals.png
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consuming
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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
tags_raw:
- 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-anodes-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Anodes API
  description: The Anodes API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for anodes.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Anodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-anodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-black-mass-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Black Mass API
  description: The Black Mass API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for black mass.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Black Mass
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-black-mass-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-cathodes-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Cathodes API
  description: The Cathodes API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for cathodes.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Cathodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-cathodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-cobalt-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Cobalt API
  description: The Cobalt API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for cobalt.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Cobalt
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-cobalt-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-electrolyte-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Electrolyte API
  description: The Electrolyte API from Benchmark Minerals — 2 operation(s) for electrolyte.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Electrolyte
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-electrolyte-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-lithium-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Lithium API
  description: The Lithium API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for lithium.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Lithium
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-lithium-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-lithium-ion-battery-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Lithium ion Battery API
  description: The Lithium ion Battery API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for lithium ion battery.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Lithium ion Battery
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-lithium-ion-battery-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-lithium-ion-battery-raw-material-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Lithium ion Battery Raw Material API
  description: The Lithium ion Battery Raw Material API from Benchmark Minerals — 1 operation(s) for lithium ion battery raw
    material.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Lithium ion Battery Raw Material
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-lithium-ion-battery-raw-material-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-manganese-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Manganese API
  description: The Manganese API from Benchmark Minerals — 2 operation(s) for manganese.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Manganese
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-manganese-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-natural-graphite-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Natural Graphite API
  description: The Natural Graphite API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for natural graphite.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Natural Graphite
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-natural-graphite-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-nickel-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Nickel API
  description: The Nickel API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for nickel.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Nickel
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-nickel-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-rare-earths-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Rare Earths API
  description: The Rare Earths API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for rare earths.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Rare Earths
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-rare-earths-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-spotlight-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Spotlight API
  description: The Spotlight API from Benchmark Minerals — 1 operation(s) for spotlight.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Spotlight
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-spotlight-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: benchmark-minerals:benchmark-minerals-synthetic-graphite-api
  name: Benchmark Minerals Synthetic Graphite API
  description: The Synthetic-Graphite API from Benchmark Minerals — 3 operation(s) for synthetic-graphite.
  humanURL: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.benchmarkminerals.com/v2
  tags:
  - Synthetic-Graphite
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/benchmark-minerals-synthetic-graphite-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/api/docs
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-tool-crosswalk.yml
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/benchmark-minerals-capability-edges.yml
  name: Benchmark Minerals Business Capability Map
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/benchmark-minerals-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/benchmark-minerals-finops.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/benchmark-minerals-prices-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Authentication
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  url: security/benchmark-minerals-domain-security.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/benchmark-minerals-scopes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/benchmark-minerals-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/benchmark-minerals-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/benchmark-minerals-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/benchmark-minerals-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/benchmark-minerals-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: conformance/benchmark-minerals-conformance.yml
  title: IOSCO-assured price assessments
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/benchmark-minerals-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/benchmark-minerals-mcp.yml
  title: Benchmark MCP Gateway (https://mcp.benchmarkminerals.com/mcp)
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/benchmark-minerals-llms.txt
- type: Packages
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- type: Plans
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    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.
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    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
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  - 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
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  - 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
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-04'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 23
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Benchmark Minerals API — frequently asked questions

Does Benchmark Minerals have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 14 APIs from Benchmark Minerals, including Benchmark Minerals Anodes API, Benchmark Minerals Black Mass API and Benchmark Minerals Cathodes API, and 11 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Benchmark Minerals API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 14 OpenAPI specifications for Benchmark Minerals, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Benchmark Minerals API?

Benchmark Minerals documents its authentication (apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Benchmark Minerals Authentication.

How much does the Benchmark Minerals API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Benchmark Minerals, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does Benchmark Minerals have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Benchmark Minerals: A first-party remote MCP server operated by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence on their own subdomain, fronting an AWS Bedrock AgentCore Gateway. It is undocumented on the public website — it was found by

Is the Benchmark Minerals API ready for AI agents?

Benchmark Minerals has a Kin Score of 51.5 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 37.1 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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