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...

Alphamin exempt from DRC smelting requirements

Aug 25, 2020

Reuters has reported that Alphamin are now exempt from export rulings that required miners to smelt concentrates within the DRC. According to the news agency, miners producing cobalt, tin, tungsten, tantalum, and/or copper were required to upgrade their concentrates...

Minsur reveals extent of COVID impact

Aug 21, 2020

Minsur felt the full impact of COVID-19 during the second quarter, its recent earnings report revealed, with tin production falling over 35%. Combined with lower gold and ferro-alloy output, this saw the company’s revenue fall by some 45%. During the quarter,...

AfriTin approaches midway mark at Uis

Aug 5, 2020

AfriTin Mining has reached a significant milestone in its latest operational update, with tin concentrate production almost at 50% nameplate capacity. Operations began at the Uis mine, Namibia, at the start of this year. Since they began, all key metrics have...

Baiyinchagan restart scheduled

Jul 30, 2020

The Baiyinchagan mine is set to come back online after the local government approved its mining license on 27 July. The mine, located in Inner Mongolia, China, was closed in early 2019 after a fatal accident. At the time, it was estimated that the mine would close for...