Minmetals to consolidate mining in Hunan

Jan 5, 2010

China Minmetals Corp., the country’s largest metals trader, has signed an agreement with Hunan Nonferrous Metals Holding Group (Hunan Nonferrous Group) to take a 51 percent stake in the latter, Interfax reported on December 28. Minmetals will pay RMB 5.56...

South Korea expands metal stock holding

Jan 4, 2010

South Korea’s Public Procurement Service (PPS) will raise its purchases of aluminium, zinc, tin and nickel in 2010, but buy less copper and lead than in 2009, Reuters reported. Inventories of the six LME metals, now at around 48 days of import demand, would rise...

The world’s smallest snowman made from tin

Dec 22, 2009

Scientists at NPL, UK have made the world’s smallest snowman out of tin. This colourful snowman would be dwarfed by a human hair – at 0.01 millimetres across it is only a fifth the width of a typical strand. It is made from two tin beads, which are...

Huanuni mine boosts output

Dec 22, 2009

Bolivia’s state-owned Huanuni mine is expected to produce 9,320 tonnes of tin-in-concentrate in 2009, up by 18% compared to last year and a new record for the operation. An official from Bolivia’s mining and metallurgy ministry told Business News Americas...

Rise in Indonesian tin shipments

Dec 17, 2009

Indonesian refined tin shipments in November were 86% higher than in the same month of 2008, Reuters reports. The data is based on tin surveyed prior to shipment as part of the trade ministry’s export licencing system. Shipments in the final quarter of last year...

China Tin to install Ausmelt smelter

Dec 9, 2009

Liuzhou China Tin will be the fourth major tin producer worldwide to adopt Ausmelt smelting technology. Two of the world’s biggest producers, Minsur and Yunnan Tin, already run large Ausmelt plants and Bolivia’s Vinto smelter will install a new unit in...