Rains still hamper Indonesian production

Oct 19, 2009

A resumption of operations by private smelters in Indonesia continues to be held back by bad weather and police activity, despite original plans to re-start production and ore buying last week. Johan Murod, a director at the Bangka-Belitung Timah Sejahtera consortium...

Peru strike begins

Oct 19, 2009

Miners at a number of major Peruvian mining companies were due to start a 24-hour strike today over proposed legislation on pension and bonus issues. “The only way the government listens to us is when we go on strike. We’ve been working with Congress on...

Indonesian shipments fall in September

Oct 14, 2009

Data released by Indonesia’s trade ministry today shows a 29.5% year-on-year fall in tin checked for export in September to 7,755 tonnes. This is the lowest monthly total since April and reflects the impact of a police clampdown on illegal mining which began in...

Indonesian local government responds to miners’ protests

Oct 9, 2009

Indonesia’s South Bangka government will allow small miners to resume mining after a protest over a recent police crackdown on illegal mining, a local legislator told Reuters on Thursday. The move could help increase supplies of tin ore to independent smelters....

Indonesian private smelters remain closed

Oct 7, 2009

Spokesmen for the leading consortium of Indonesian independent tin smelters told Reuters today that the group’s smelters remain closed as a result of a shortage of ore supplies. Many small mines have stopped operating recently as a result of increased police...

Vinto production expanding

Oct 6, 2009

Bolivia’s Vinto smelter will increase refined tin output this year and start on a major expansion programme in 2010, Mining Minister Luis Alberto Echazu told Bloomberg. Vinto will refine at least 10,500 tonnes of tin in 2009, Echazu said yesterday in an...