Nickel Price API - Live NI Spot Quotes & Historical Data | Metal Sentinel

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Nickel Price API

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

Nickel price today: 6.90 USD per pound (-0.01, -0.20%)

Day high
6.96
Day low
6.84
Bid / ask
6.85 / 6.96
Updated
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Live Response · try any currency

GET /api/metal-quote?symbol=NI&currency=USD
$ curl "https://metal-sentinel.p.rapidapi.com/api/metal-quote?symbol=NI&currency=USD" \
-H "x-rapidapi-host: metal-sentinel.p.rapidapi.com" \
-H "x-rapidapi-key: your_key"
currency
200 OK · application/json
{
"ID": 1793625674,
"results": [
{
}
]
}

Nickel price by unit

Nickel price per unit

Unit Equivalent Price (USD)
Per troy ounce 31.1 g 0.4734
Per gram 1 g 0.0152
Per kilogram 1,000 g 15.22
Per pound 453.6 g 6.9042
Per tonne 1,000 kg 15,221.17

Calculated from the live mid price of 6.90 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.

6.84 6.90 6.96
Day low Mid now Day high
Day high
6.96
Day low
6.84
Bid
6.85
Ask
6.96
Change
-0.01
Change %
-0.20%

Sample response

What the endpoint returns

GET /api/metal-quote?symbol=NI&currency=USD 
{
    "ID": 1793625674,
    "results": [
        {
            "symbol": "NI",
            "currency": "USD",
            "ask": 6.96,
            "mid": 6.9,
            "bid": 6.85,
            "high": 6.96,
            "low": 6.84,
            "open": 0,
            "close": 0,
            "timestamp": 1793625660,
            "change": -0.01,
            "changePercentage": -0.2,
            "unit": "POUND",
            "originalTime": "2026-10-30T15:41:38Z"
        }
    ]
}

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

What moves the nickel price

The nickel price is quoted per tonne on the London Metal Exchange and is shaped by two industries: stainless steel, which takes about two thirds of supply, and lithium-ion batteries, which need high-purity nickel. Since 2020, Indonesia has become the dominant producer, which has reshaped supply. Metal Sentinel returns the live quote with the unit stated in each response.

  1. Stainless steel output

    Stainless mills in China and Indonesia are the largest buyers. Construction, appliances and food-processing equipment set the pace of nickel consumption.

    Stainless mills ramp up nickel rises

  2. Indonesian supply

    Indonesia now mines more than half of the world's nickel after banning ore exports and attracting Chinese smelting investment. Its production decisions and export policy dominate the supply side.

    Indonesian output surges nickel falls

  3. Battery demand

    High-nickel cathodes give electric vehicles longer range. Growth in battery demand depends on EV sales and on how much market share cheaper lithium-iron-phosphate chemistry takes.

    High-nickel batteries win nickel rises

  4. Exchange liquidity

    The LME suspended nickel trading in March 2022 after a short squeeze sent prices above one hundred thousand dollars a tonne. Thinner liquidity since then means larger moves on smaller volumes.

    Liquidity thins nickel swings

About Nickel

What is Ni?

Nickel is a hard, silvery-white transition metal valued for its corrosion resistance and high-temperature performance. About two-thirds of mined nickel goes into stainless steel. The fastest-growing use is lithium-ion battery cathodes for electric vehicles. Indonesia and the Philippines lead global supply. Spot nickel is quoted on the London Metal Exchange in US dollars per metric ton.

Where Nickel is used

Real-world demand

Stainless steel production
EV battery cathodes
Superalloys for aerospace
Plating & finishing
Coinage

Nickel market news

All nickel articles
The Indonesian "Quota" Effect: Designing Scarcity

Apr 18, 2026 /Nickel

The Indonesian "Quota" Effect: Designing Scarcity

Indonesia now controls over 50% of the world’s nickel supply, making it the undisputed architect of global pricing.
  1. Nickel Market 2026: Navigating the "Indonesian Wave" and the High-Nickel Battery Boom Nickel Market 2026: Navigating the "Indonesian Wave" and the High-Nickel Battery BoomFor decades, nickel was a predictable utility player

Why Metal Sentinel

Built for teams shipping Nickel pricing.

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

< 1s

avg response

Trading-grade latency

Live nickel 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 nickel 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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Nickel price questions

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

What is the difference between class 1 and class 2 nickel?

Class 1 is at least 99.8 percent pure and can be delivered against LME contracts or used in batteries. Class 2 covers ferronickel and nickel pig iron used in stainless steel. The exchange price refers to class 1.

Why did Indonesia change the nickel market?

Its 2020 ore export ban forced processing to move onshore, and new smelters raised global supply so quickly that prices fell for several years despite rising battery demand.

Which endpoint returns the nickel price?

Call /api/metal-quote with symbol=NI and your currency. Point-in-time comparisons at 30 days, 60 days, one year and five years come from /api/historical-points.