Timah tin inventory at 10 year low

Nov 3, 2010

PT Timah’s total stocks of tin-in-concentrate, slags and refined metal at the end of September amounted to only 10,063 tonnes, the lowest recorded since June 2000. While its refined metals stocks increased from 2,722 tonnes at the end of June to 3,279 tonnes at...

Huanuni expansion plans change again

Nov 3, 2010

Bolivian state tin producer Empresa Minera Huanuni (EMH) will carry out the expansion of its tin complex since the second tender for the project was declared void late last month, an official from the mining and metallurgy ministry (MMM) told BNamericas. "The...

Metals X reports Q3 Renison results

Oct 28, 2010

Metals X today reported results for the July-September quarter for its Renison tin operation in Tasmania, now run as a 50:50 joint venture with the Yunnan Tin Group. The cash operating surplus was up 12% from the previous quarter to A$7.1 million (based on its 50%...

China cuts tin export quota for 2011

Oct 28, 2010

China’s Ministry of Commerce announced annual export quotas for a range of strategic metals on its website today, increasing tonnages for silver, tungsten and antimony but cutting the quota for tin from 21,000 tonnes in 2010 to 18,900 tonnes next year. The total...

Timah to reduce contract sales in 2011

Oct 27, 2010

Indonesia’s PT Timah, the world’s largest tin exporter, plans to sell up to 50% of its tin production next year in the spot market, Metal Bulletin reports. "Our contract obligations usually take up 80-90% of Timah’s production. But for next...

Two bids at Huanuni tender

Oct 15, 2010

Two companies have submitted bids in the tender launched by the Bolivian government to provide equipment to expand state tin producer Empresa Minera Huanuni’s (EMH) mine complex in Oruro department, BNAmericas reported, quoting local press agency ANF. This is...