China production slumps in December

Jan 22, 2009

Provisional data published by the National Bureau of Statistics today showed that China’s refined tin production fell by 27.6% year-on-year to 8,853 tonnes in December 2008. Production in the full year is reported to have declined by 11.1% to 129,544 tonnes from...

Indonesia looks for higher prices, improved payment terms

Jan 16, 2009

Indonesian government officials have spoken about new measures aimed at supporting tin prices and tightening payment terms for all metals and minerals. Director for industrial and mining product export affairs of the Directorate General of External Trade Hartojo Agus...

South Korean tin purchases

Jan 16, 2009

South Korea’s state-run Public Procurement Service has bought 200 tonnes of refined tin from local trading companies, it said on Thursday. Daewoo International and Hanwha are to supply 100 tonnes each at premiums of $277 – 373/tonne over the LME price...

Indonesian exports low again in December

Jan 14, 2009

Indonesia shipped less than 4,000 tonnes of tin in December, according to preliminary estimates from the Trade Ministry. Data released today shows that 3,805.5 tonnes of metal was checked for export last month by surveying companies under the ministry’s export...

Vinto to reactivate two furnaces

Jan 12, 2009

Bolvia’s Vinto smelter is reactivating two furnaces in an effort to boost monthly refined tin production to 1,000 tpm. General Manager Franciso Infantes told BNamericas that initially a large rotary furnace has been reactivated, calling for a US$500,000...

Indonesian smelters delay re-starts

Jan 9, 2009

Low prices and bad monsoon weather are delaying the re-start of operations at most independent smelters on Indonesia’s tin islands. Most of the major operations were shut down in October and exports by companies other than the large integrated producers, PT...