Another fall in Indonesian exports

Oct 14, 2010

Trade ministry data showed that the tonnage of tin checked prior to export fell to 6,904 tonnes in September, down 11.0% from 7,755 tonnes in September 2009. The cumulative total for the first three quarters of this year is 67,011 tonnes, down 11.3% on the...

ITRI LME week view on the tin market

Oct 12, 2010

In LME Week two years ago – just a few weeks after the Lehman collapse – the talk was all about how far tin and other metals prices could fall. This year the market has been heading strongly upwards and the question is how high prices can go. The driver of...

PT Timah admits supply problems

Oct 8, 2010

A spokesman for Indonesia’s state tin company PT Timah told Metal Bulletin today that its production in 2009 will now fall well short of its original production targets and will not even cover existing long-term contract sales commitments of 42,000 tonnes. It is...

Indonesia sets new rules on export pricing

Oct 6, 2010

Indonesia will set a monthly price floor for its coal and minerals including tin, nickel and copper production – starting this month. The ministry of energy and minerals will set the price floors in the beginning of every month, it said. "The purpose is to...

Yunnan Chengfeng stops production

Sep 28, 2010

China’s second largest refined tin producer, Yunnan Chengfeng has currently stopped production at its Gejiu plant due to electric power limitations. Many metals companies and other enterprises in China have been affected recently as local governments try to meet...

Indonesian exports remain low

Sep 23, 2010

The tonnage of tin checked for export prior to shipment by Indonesian trade ministry surveyors fell to 7,974 tonnes in August, down 5.6% compared to August 2009. The year-to date tonnage of 60,107 tonnes was 11.3% lower than in the first eight months of last year....