Indonesian shipment released

Feb 11, 2009

Indonesia has released most of a tin shipment of more than 2,600 tonnes that had been held up for several weeks because of quality issues, trade and customs officials told Reuters on Tuesday. The customs office at Pangkal Balam port, on Indonesia’s tin-producing...

Renison ramp-up continues

Jan 30, 2009

Metals X reported production of 887 tonnes of tin-in-concentrate from the Renison operation in Tasmania in the quarter to end-December, up from 192 tonnes in the previous quarter. Metals X re-started production at the Renison and Mt Bischoff mines and Renison...

Timah profit and production fell in 2008

Jan 28, 2009

PT Timah, the world’s second-biggest tin mining company, said profit last year dropped by about a fifth as production costs rose and output fell, according to preliminary figures from President Director Wachid Usman reported by Bloomberg today. Unaudited net...

Bolivian government supports tin production

Jan 27, 2009

A series of recent reports by Business News Americas has detailed efforts by the Bolivian government to support production and employment in all sectors of the tin mining industry in the face of lower prices. Bolivia produces some 16,000 tpy of tin-in-concentrate of...

Peru metals output at record levels

Jan 23, 2009

Peru’s mining and energy ministry said on Thursday that the country’s production of copper, zinc, silver and gold reached new record levels in 2008, despite the fall in metals prices in the final quarter of the year. Tin output also increased marginally...

Indonesia stops tin shipment

Jan 22, 2009

The Indonesian Customs and Excise Office, in cooperation with the Trade Ministry, is investigating an attempt to export tin ingots illegally worth up to Rp500 billion (US$44.5 million), Director General of Customs and Excise Anwar Suprijadi told the Antara news agency...