Rusolovo leading Russian tin revival

Jan 22, 2021

Towards the end of the last century, Russia was a significant producer of tin concentrates, supplying both domestic and foreign smelters. However, output fell below 400 tonnes in 2009 and struggled to improve for some time. However, the Russian tin mining industry now...

Minsur increases production in 2020 despite mine closure

Jan 13, 2021

New data from the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines indicates that production at Minsur’s San Rafael mine fell some 3% in November. The monthly Mining Statistics Bulletin (Boletín Estadístico Minero in Spanish) details mine production for all minerals in the...

Alphamin beats guidance, aims to increase production further

Jan 11, 2021

Alphamin beat guidance to produce nearly 2,900 tonnes of tin-in-concentrate in the final quarter of 2020. Tin production at the company’s Mpama North mine increased 13% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to post a new quarterly record. The output of 2,898 tonnes of...

Fires lit at Yunnan Tin’s new smelter

Nov 30, 2020

Yunnan Tin, one of the world’s most significant refined tin producers – and China’s largest – began commissioning its new smelter last Thursday. In July 2013, the company announced that it would move its main smelting facility from the centre...

Minsur results recover from COVID impact

Nov 23, 2020

The latest quarterly report from Minsur indicates that the company quickly recovered from the impact of the coronavirus, which closed its operations in the second quarter. The report for the third quarter of 2020 indicates that tin production at San Rafael, the...

AfriTin on target with latest results

Oct 26, 2020

AfriTin Mining remains on track to reach Phase I nameplate production by the end of the year, having increase output for the third consecutive month. In September, the company produced 39 tonnes of tin concentrate from its Uis mine in Namibia, according to a recent...