Copper Profile
· ₹1,279.67/kg today · Live chart →
Nicknamed "Dr. Copper" by traders for its habit of diagnosing the health of the global economy before the official data catches up — wire it into a wall, a motor, or a grid, and demand barely ever stops.
LME
COMEX
SHFE
MCXWhere Copper Is Produced & Consumed
Among this site's tracked countries:
Notable producers
Major consumers
The Wiring Metal Behind the Energy Transition
Electric vehicles use several times more copper than a comparable petrol car, and wind and solar installations need copper cabling at a scale traditional power generation never did — the shift toward electrification is, in a very literal sense, a shift toward buying more copper.
China Alone Moves the Price
China consumes roughly half the world's copper, which means the Shanghai-London price spread — the gap between SHFE and LME copper — functions as one of the most closely watched live readouts of Chinese industrial activity anywhere in financial markets.
The Metal That Never Wears Out
Copper can be recycled indefinitely without losing any of its electrical or physical properties, and recycled ("secondary") copper already supplies a meaningful share of global demand at a fraction of the energy cost of mining and refining new ore — one of the more genuinely circular supply chains among the metals tracked here, and a real buffer against how concentrated primary mine supply is.
Did You Know?
None of the world's true top-tier copper producers (Chile and Peru dominate that list) are among this site's 22 tracked countries — a reminder that where copper is priced and where it's mined aren't always the same map.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Copper price in India today is ₹1,279.67 per kilogram as of September 21, 2026. See the live price and chart for the full 10-day trend.
Copper's buyers are overwhelmingly industrial: electrical utilities and grid builders, construction and plumbing firms, electronics manufacturers, and — increasingly — EV and renewable-energy makers, rather than jewellers or investors.
Among the countries tracked on this site, USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia are notable producers, while China, Germany, USA, India are among the largest consumers.
Copper is tracked on LME, COMEX, SHFE, MCX — see each exchange's market profile for how it actually works.
