Yunnan Tin head charged

Oct 9, 2013

Chinese authorities have arrested and charged Yunnan Tin chairman Lei Yi for accepting bribes, in the latest example of the country’s crackdown on graft. Reuters reported that he had been charged with taking 20 million yuan ($3.27 million) in bribes from four...

Indonesian market volumes increase

Oct 3, 2013

Tin trading volumes on the Indonesia Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (ICDX) have picked up an average of over 100 tonnes per day so far this week, according to market data published on the exchange website. Indonesian tin producers have been forced to use the...

Huanuni mill expansion well advanced

Sep 27, 2013

Bolivia’s state tin company Empresa Minera Huanuni (EMH) will triple its tin concentrate production in 2014 to 3,000 tonnes a month thanks to the construction of a new mill which is expected to be completed by the end of the year, said mining and metals minister...

Timah forecasts shipments

Sep 27, 2013

Indonesia’s state-controlled tin producer PT Timah said that it would ship some 1,500 tonnes of tin this month and was aiming for annual exports of 25,000 tonnes, down from 28,000 tonnes in 2012. Its President Director Sukrisno told Reuters that he hoped that...

Koba contract terminated

Sep 26, 2013

On Wednesday Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources eventually confirmed a widely leaked decision rejecting an application to extend PT Koba Tin’s contract of work (CoW) on Bangka island by a further ten years to 2023. The decision was stated...

Minsur expands and diversifies

Sep 26, 2013

Peruvian miner Minsur SA , the world’s third largest tin producer, will produce 30,000 tonnes of tin this year, similar to last year’s output, Chief Executive Juan Luis Kruger told Reuters. Kruger also said the company is expanding and diversifying its...