Indonesia police seize more ore

Jan 25, 2010

Local police on Indonesia’s Bangka island seized 37 tonnes of illegal tin ore on Friday from a warehouse, a police official told Reuters, marking the second seizure this year. Police had previously seized 5 tonnes of illegal tin ore from another warehouse on 15...

Record imports by China

Jan 22, 2010

China’s imports of refined tin in December amounted to 1,176 tonnes, bringing the annual total in 2009 to a record 20,741 tonnes, up 108% on the previous year. Customs data released on Thursday also showed booming imports of all other LME metals. The main...

Vinto production surges

Jan 21, 2010

Production by Empresa Metalurgica Vinto (EMV), Bolivia’s state-owned tin smelter, increased by 24% to 11,805 tonnes in 2009. This is the highest annual production figure achieved at the plant since the late 1990s. EMV was re-nationalised in February 2007 after...

Yunnan Tin capital raising

Jan 20, 2010

The Yunnan Tin group is embarking on two capital raising exercises later this month, with the listed Yunnan Tin Company carrying out a rights issue and the group holding company issuing three year notes. In total some RMB 2.2 billion yuan (US$322 million) is to be...

Indonesian consortium re-starts smelters

Jan 19, 2010

Indonesia’s Bangka Belitung Timah Sejahtera (BBTS), a consortium of seven private tin smelters, has restarted operations after almost two months. "We restarted production last week but only on a small scale of perhaps 10-20% of capacity. We still...

LME trading volumes down, but tin soars

Jan 18, 2010

The London Metal Exchange releases annual trading figures for 2009 on Friday, unveiling the second highest trading volumes in the Exchange’s history. After four years of record volume trading, LME activity remained relatively flat in 2009, with total volumes of...