Area 5 takes Renison up a notch

Oct 21, 2020

Area 5 development has taken mine production at Renison to a new level, according to half-owner Metals X’s latest quarterly report. The impact of coronavirus in Australia has been limited compared to other tin mining countries – for instance those in South...

Alphamin on target despite Q3 stumble

Oct 16, 2020

Quarterly tin production fell at Alphamin’s Bisie mine as the company looks to achieve its annual target of 10,000 tonnes of tin-in-concentrate. While the coronavirus pandemic abated slightly in the third quarter, the world – and Africa particularly – continued...

Coronavirus cuts Bolivian tin production

Oct 8, 2020

The latest statistical data released by the Bolivian government has indicated the severe impact of the coronavirus on tin mining and smelting in the country during the first quarter of 2020. Mining in the country is conducted by the two mines owned by the state mining...

Rising demand increases China’s appetite for overseas tin

Sep 10, 2020

Despite a shrinking arbitrage, official Customs data shows that China imported a large amount of refined tin in July – 2,750 tonnes – a six-fold increase from 2019. Imports year-to-date reached 12,113 tonnes, eleven times higher than the same period last year. As a...

PT Timah continues production cuts

Aug 28, 2020

In March, PT Timah announced that it would cut production of refined tin by some 30% while demand recovered from the impact of COVID-19. Recent publicly available data indicates that in the first half of the year, output was some 26% lower than in 2019. COVID-19 has...