Copper Price API - Live CU Spot Quotes & Historical Data | Metal Sentinel

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Copper Price API

Live CU spot quotes, historical OHLC and conversions into 180+ currencies from one REST endpoint, with sub-second responses and a free tier on RapidAPI.

Copper price today: 6.54 USD per pound (+0.01, +0.20%)

Day high
6.54
Day low
6.52
Bid / ask
6.54 / 6.54
Updated
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Live Response · try any currency

GET /api/metal-quote?symbol=CU&currency=USD
$ curl "https://metal-sentinel.p.rapidapi.com/api/metal-quote?symbol=CU&currency=USD" \
-H "x-rapidapi-host: metal-sentinel.p.rapidapi.com" \
-H "x-rapidapi-key: your_key"
currency
200 OK · application/json
{
"ID": 1793626325,
"results": [
{
}
]
}

Copper price by unit

Copper price per unit

Unit Equivalent Price (USD)
Per troy ounce 31.1 g 0.4483
Per gram 1 g 0.0144
Per kilogram 1,000 g 14.41
Per pound 453.6 g 6.5374
Per tonne 1,000 kg 14,412.56

Calculated from the live mid price of 6.54 USD per pound. Pure metal value only; refining, fabrication and dealer margins are not included.

Today's session

USD per pound, from the same quote as the table above.

6.52 6.54 6.54
Day low Mid now Day high
Day high
6.54
Day low
6.52
Bid
6.54
Ask
6.54
Change
+0.01
Change %
+0.20%

Sample response

What the endpoint returns

GET /api/metal-quote?symbol=CU&currency=USD 
{
    "ID": 1793626325,
    "results": [
        {
            "symbol": "CU",
            "currency": "USD",
            "ask": 6.54,
            "mid": 6.54,
            "bid": 6.54,
            "high": 6.54,
            "low": 6.52,
            "open": 0,
            "close": 0,
            "timestamp": 1793626320,
            "change": 0.01,
            "changePercentage": 0.2,
            "unit": "POUND",
            "originalTime": "2026-10-30T15:06:32Z"
        }
    ]
}

Prices are per pound in the requested currency. timestamp is Unix seconds. See the OpenAPI spec for every field.

What moves the copper price

The copper price is the benchmark for industrial activity, quoted per tonne on the London Metal Exchange and per pound on COMEX. Copper carries electricity in everything from power grids to electric motors, so its price tracks the pace of global building and electrification. Metal Sentinel returns the live quote with the pricing unit included in every response.

  1. Chinese demand

    China consumes more than half of the world's refined copper. Property construction, grid investment and manufacturing data from China move the price more than any other single factor.

    Chinese construction rebounds copper rises

  2. Electrification

    Electric vehicles use several times more copper than petrol cars, and wind, solar, data centres and grid upgrades all add demand. Most long-term bullish forecasts rest on this demand.

    Grids and EVs expand copper rises

  3. Mine supply disruptions

    Chile and Peru produce about forty percent of mined copper. Strikes, water shortages, falling ore grades and permit disputes regularly take supply offline.

    A major mine stops copper rises

  4. Inventories and trade policy

    Exchange warehouse stocks show how tight the physical market is, and tariffs can open large gaps between US and London prices as metal is shipped to the higher-priced region.

    Warehouse stocks fall copper rises

About Copper

What is Cu?

Copper is a base metal valued for its electrical conductivity, ductility, and corrosion resistance. It is the third most consumed industrial metal after iron and aluminium, and its price is widely treated as a leading indicator of global growth, which is where the nickname "Dr. Copper" comes from. Quotes come from the London Metal Exchange and COMEX.

Where Copper is used

Real-world demand

Electrical wiring & motors
EV batteries & charging
Plumbing & construction
Renewable energy grids
Industrial machinery

Copper market news

All copper articles
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Spot copper traded near $6.56 a pound early Friday, Oct. 30, little changed from a week earlier.
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Why Metal Sentinel

Built for teams shipping Copper pricing.

One API for live spot quotes, history and conversions, built for production apps.

< 1s

avg response

Trading-grade latency

Live copper spot quotes from primary market data feeds, delivered in under a second on average. Fast enough for dashboards, OMS hooks, and other price-sensitive workflows.

180+

fiat & crypto

Quote in any currency

Pass a currency code to get copper priced in any of 180+ fiat currencies or 90+ crypto tokens, without wiring up a separate FX feed.

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10+

metals

One API, every metal

Gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, copper, nickel, aluminum, lead, and zinc, all with the same authentication and response shape.

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OHLC

historical

History + conversions

The same API also returns historical OHLC candles, FX conversions, and market status.

$0

to start

Free tier, no card

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Copper price questions

Questions people ask before they wire the copper price into a product.

How do I convert the price per pound to per tonne?

One metric tonne is 2,204.62 pounds, so multiply a per-pound price by 2,204.62. The conversion table on this page does the arithmetic from the live quote.

Why is copper called Doctor Copper?

Its price is used as a diagnosis of the world economy. Copper goes into construction, machinery and electronics, so rising prices usually signal expanding industrial demand.

Which endpoint returns the copper price?

Call /api/metal-quote with symbol=CU and your currency. Daily history is available from /api/metal-history with startTime and endTime.