[Ferro-alloys.com] According to a report of World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS), the global nickel supply was in a shortage of 16,000 tons in the first seven months of 2015.

The European Union has threatened to renew tariffs on aluminum foil from China and Brazil for another five years while letting lapse a similar levy against Armenia.

The Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd. (Chalco), the country's largest smelter of the industrial metal, posted a first-half net loss of 4.123 billion yuan (669 million U.S. dollars), a staggering increase of 3.53 billion yuan from a year earlier.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] National Copper Corporation of Chile (Codelco), the largest copper producer in the world announced that its copper output in the first quarter was around 383,000 tons, down by 0.3% year on year.

A Chinese copper tubing company opened a plant in Alabama's Wilcox County recently, giving residents of the poorest county in America hopes for a better life.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] The Herald Sun reported today that while the state of Victoria in Australia has been explored extensively for gold, there has been little deeper exploration for copper.

Minera Gold (ASX:MIZ) is poised to start the next phase of exploration at the Tumi gold, copper and silver project in Peru that could add another strong to its bow.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to Peru’s Southern Copper, the company’s copper production is estimated at 800,000 tons in 2014, up from 670,000 tons last year.