Pitinga-Pirapora tin output reaches fresh highs

Aug 18, 2017

Refined tin production from Minsur’s subsidiary in Brazil, Taboca, rose 28% year-on-year to 1,934 tonnes in Q2 according to the company’s Q2 financial report, while production from the Pitinga Mine declined 3% to 1,622 tonnes. The increase in refined tin...

Minsur increases Peru production guidance for 2017

Aug 18, 2017

Minsur has revised its 2017 Peruvian refined tin production guidance from between 16,500 and 17,500 tonnes to between 17,500 to 18,500 tonnes. The change was outlined as part of the company’s Q2 financial results, which also reveal that refined tin production...

Will Nigeria top African tin producers in 2017?

Aug 10, 2017

Nigeria has emerged as a rapidly growing source of tin-in-concentrate in 2017, with tin ore exports in the first four months of this year as totals of importing country data at 2,967 tonnes (gross weight) or an estimated 2,000 t of tin contained based on a 67% average...

China ore imports fall less than expected in June

Aug 2, 2017

Imports of tin concentrate by China from Myanmar fell by 34% from May to 22,260 tonnes in June according to the latest China customs statistics, with an estimated tin content of some 5,500 tonnes, down 20%. Estimated Chinese tin ore imports (metal content) from all...

Renison production dips slightly in Q2

Aug 2, 2017

Tin-in-concentrate production from the Renison tin mine in Tasmania totalled 1,703 tonnes in Q2, down 4.7% compared to the first quarter of 2017, primarily as a result of a scheduled processing plant shutdown, according to Metals X’s latest quarterly report....

Chinese smelters in environmental shutdown

Aug 1, 2017

Tin smelters based in the city of Gejiu in Yunnan Province, China have been ordered to cease production temporarily for environmental reasons. Documents published by the Gejiu Environmental Protection Bureau reveal that all local tin smelters, except for the smelter...