Tight tin market encourages Chinese metal exports

Mar 23, 2021

China’s trade of refined tin metal shifted into net exports in February, recent customs data shows. Usually, the country augments its significant domestic supply of metal with material from other producers. The majority of the metal typically arrives from...

Drop in Myanmar tin supply compensated by other sources

Mar 23, 2021

Chinese imports of tin-in-concentrate fell 14% year-on-year as improved flows from the rest of the world made up for a more significant drop in material from Myanmar. In terms of gross weight, reported in the latest customs data, China imported some 20,500 tonnes over...

AfriTin quarterly production exceeds expectations

Mar 8, 2021

AfriTin Mining has announced that it produced some 300 tonnes of concentrate from its Uis tin mine in the 2020-2021 Financial Year. AfriTin Mining began redeveloping the historic Uis tin mine in 2018, with first ore production celebrated in December of that year. The...

YTC begins switch to new smelter

Mar 2, 2021

Yunnan Tin (YTC) is close to achieving full-scale production at its new smelter, it announced in a recent press release.   In 2006, the Chinese government announced environmental reforms that forced smelters within 1 km of residential areas to be relocated. Located in...

YTC comes out top in difficult year for tin producers

Feb 11, 2021

2020 was a difficult year for tin producers. In many countries, the spread of the coronavirus saw lockdown measures that closed smelters and halted production. In total, ITA estimates that 327,200 tonnes of refined tin were produced in 2020. This was a nearly 8% drop...

Renison finishes low, but outlook positive

Feb 10, 2021

Production at the Renison mine in Tasmania, Australia, finished 2020 on a low note as tin-in-concentrate production fell some 14% quarter-on-quarter. However, half-owner Metals X is forecasting that production will improve in 2021. Without any impact of coronavirus at...