# Benchmark Minerals

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/benchmark-minerals/  
**Website:** https://www.benchmarkminerals.com  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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.

## Kin Score — 12.4 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 12.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

Regulatory layer — **Energy & Utilities**: 8.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **Benchmark Minerals API** — 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....

## Security (1)

- **Benchmark Minerals Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Benchmark Minerals Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **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...

## Tags

Batteries, Cobalt, Critical Minerals, Electric Vehicles, Energy Transition, Graphite, Lithium, Lithium-Ion, Market Intelligence, Mining, Nickel, Price Reporting, Rare Earths, Supply Chain

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/benchmark-minerals/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.