Bolivia complains about Glencore threats

Sep 13, 2007

Bolivia’s mining minister has accused Glencore of blocking tin sales from the Vinto smelter by threatening potential buyers with legal action. "This is clearly sabotage and a boycott – a conspiracy against the Vinto nationalization," Mining...

Timah unaffected by earthquake

Sep 12, 2007

Indonesia’s largest tin producer, PT Timah, said that the major earthquake that hit Sumatra today will not affect its tin production. President Director Wahid Usman told Bloomberg News that the company had no plans to shut down any of its operations. The 7.9...

Indonesian private smelters hope to expand exports

Sep 12, 2007

A consortium of five of the larger Indonesian independent tin smelters plans to expand tin exports to 30,000 tonnes next year, if it is able to increase its mining lease area. PT Bangka Belitung Timah Sejahtera is a venture established earlier this year to pool mining...

Bolivia-China tin deal

Sep 12, 2007

Bolivia’s Empresa Metalurgica Vinto is negotiating a one year contract with China’s Minmetals. "The deal is initially for 100 tonnes a month over three months, but we want to extend to a year," a company source told Platts Commodity News on...

Paranapanema group plans share issue

Sep 12, 2007

Brazil’s Paranapanema is planning a share offering as part of a financial re-structuring plan, according to BN Americas. Papers filed with the country’s securities regulator CVM state that shares will be offered in three tranches to existing shareholders...

Confusion on Indonesian export volumes

Sep 5, 2007

Major news agencies have reported radically different figures for Indonesian tin exports in August. According to Bloomberg today exports last month were 11,500 tonnes. Yesterday Reuters reported that exports had jumped to 17,811 tonnes, although an update later in the...