USA Metal Prices Today
Prices in Dollars (USD) · Reference market: Open COMEX
Home to COMEX, the futures market that — alongside London — most of the world's "spot" gold and silver prices are ultimately built from.
Gold Price — Last 30 Days
The Dollar Is the Default Language of Metal Prices
Because the US dollar is the world's reserve currency, international metal prices are conventionally quoted in USD first and converted into every other currency second — which is precisely how every non-India price on this site is actually derived. American monetary policy, in a very real sense, is the starting point for the whole board.
A Market That Barely Closes
COMEX trades nearly continuously across the week rather than in one tidy daily session, reflecting a market built for a genuinely global trading audience rather than a single regional floor — see the COMEX market profile for the exact hours.
A Coin Built to Compete
The US Mint launched the American Gold Eagle bullion coin in 1986 under the Gold Bullion Coin Act, deliberately entering a market already served by coins like South Africa's Krugerrand — struck in a durable 22-carat (91.67% gold) alloy rather than pure gold, it remains the best-selling gold bullion coin in the US, giving American retail investors a domestically-minted alternative to buying bars or overseas coins.
Metals & Mining Industry
The US has a real mining industry, just a narrower one than its economy size suggests. Freeport-McMoRan runs major copper operations in Arizona and New Mexico, and Nevada's Carlin Trend and Cortez districts — now largely consolidated into the Barrick-Newmont joint venture Nevada Gold Mines — make the US a genuine top-five global gold producer. But for a long list of critical minerals, domestic supply is thin to nonexistent: the US imports the overwhelming majority of its manganese, graphite and rare earths, with MP Materials' Mountain Pass mine in California standing as essentially the country's one significant rare-earth mining operation.
Consumption & Trade
US demand runs across nearly every metal category at once — construction, automotive, aerospace, defense and electronics all draw heavily on domestic and imported supply alike. Aluminium is a telling case: despite having its own smelters, the US imports the majority of the primary aluminium it uses, with Canada supplying most of that volume, a dependency significant enough to have triggered repeated tariff disputes between the two countries. Copper follows a similar pattern — domestic mines don't fully cover US demand, so imports, largely from Chile, fill the gap, making the US a major buyer even with real mine production of its own.
Metals Produced & Consumed Here
Which of this site's tracked metals USA is a notable producer or consumer of, based on each metal's own profile.
Did You Know?
On a heavy trading day, more paper gold changes hands on COMEX in a single afternoon than exists in physical form in most countries' entire national reserves.
Sources
- American Gold Eagle launched 1986 under the Gold Bullion Coin Act, 22-carat alloy — American Eagle Gold Proof Coin (1986)
- Nevada Gold Mines, Barrick-Newmont joint venture, formed 2019 — Nevada Gold Mines (2019)
- MP Materials' Mountain Pass is essentially the US's one significant rare-earth mine — The only US rare earth mine may win big from Trump's China tariffs (2025)
Frequently Asked Questions
The gold price in USA today is $137.90 per gram as of September 17, 2026, converted from the live international spot rate into USD.
The US is a meaningful gold and copper producer, but its real influence comes from COMEX, the futures market much of the world's gold and silver pricing is built from.
Prices for USA are shown in Dollars (USD), converted daily from live international spot rates — not a fixed or manually-updated exchange rate.
COMEX (Commodity Exchange, Inc.) is the nearest tracked reference market for USA. This doesn't mean prices on this site are sourced directly from it — see its market profile for how it actually works.
