Vinto Ausmelt construction begins

Sep 21, 2010

The civil works to install an Ausmelt furnace at Bolivian state-owned tin producer Empresa Metalurgica Vinto (EMV) will start this week, company head Ramiro Villavicencio told BNamericas. "Works will take nearly four months while at the same time the...

Metals X looks to expand Renison reserves

Sep 20, 2010

Metals X has reported very encouraging early results from a new exploration drilling programme around the Renison operation in Tasmania. Grades of between 2.4% and 8.1% tin in some ore samples “confirm the potential for a substantial upgrade and addition to...

Timah chemicals plant investment behind schedule

Sep 17, 2010

PT Timah’s move to build up its downstream business in solders and tin chemicals is taking longer than expected, according to the Bisnis Indonesia newspaper. Construction of a new PVC stabilisers plant in Cilegon, Java is now a year behind the original schedule...

China Tin and parent plan overseas projects and IPO

Sep 15, 2010

China Tin Group is planning a public offering in the A-share market early next year, said a top company executive. Li Yangtong, chairman of Guangxi Nonferrous Metals Group, which owns China Tin, said the parent company would inject into China Tin its tin, antimony,...

YTC plans to suspend production of Ausmelt furnace

Sep 14, 2010

Yunnan Tin Company (YTC) is planning to stop production of the Ausmelt furnace at its main Gejiu smelter by the end of September in order to examine and repair the equipment. The company says the overhaul period will be around 30 days. Normally, YTC has a maintenance...

Rainy season starts again in Indonesia

Sep 10, 2010

Indonesian tin miners have had a very short peak season for production this year, as a late-ending monsoon in Q2 has been followed by the early onset of a new rainy season from late August. Adverse weather has mainly affected small mines and independent smelters, with...