China increases restrictions on tin smelters

Jan 8, 2007

China has increased its restrictions on new or upgraded tin and other plants as part of plans to slow down investment in the sector.[SNIP]Investors in tin, tungsten and antimony smelting and processing plants will now have to put up 50 percent of the capital required...

REACH Directive To Go Ahead in 2007

Dec 1, 2006

Recent debates within the EU Commission were resolved this week, meaning that the REACH Directive on hazardous substances will go ahead for implementation in early 2007 after all. [SNIP] Under REACH, the properties of roughly 30,000 chemicals produced or imported into...

ITRI establishes new market studies and statistics unit

Nov 28, 2006

ITRI is moving to extend its longstanding role as a research and development centre for tin applications by setting up a market studies and statistics function. The objective of this step is to provide both an improved service to its own membership and more reliable...

Global tin consumption tops 1,000 tonnes per day

Oct 19, 2006

Global tin consumption is expected to increase by more than 10% this year, to reach a new record level of 367,000 tonnes, or more than 1,000 tonnes per day. Detailed statistics now available for the first half of 2006 show a stunning year-on-year growth rate of 18.6%,...

Tin prices at 17-year high

Oct 18, 2006

Tin prices at the London Metal Exchange yesterday continued their recent surge above the $10,000 level, hitting $11,000 at one stage before dropping late in trading to a closing figure of $10,350.

PT Timah sticking to its predicted 2006 tin production target

Oct 17, 2006

PT Timah Tbk has said that it is likely that it will stick to its plan to reduce tin output from 41,799 tonnes in 2005 to 38,407 tonnes in 2006, even though Timah was recently asked by the Indonesian government to buy more ore from local miners.The recent...