Permit delays limit Q1 Indonesian exports

Apr 5, 2018

Indonesian tin exports totalled 17,184 tonnes in Q1, down 4.6% year on year and 24% lower than the final quarter of 2017. Trade Ministry data for January, February and March showed tin exports totalling 4,508 tonnes, 7,207 tonnes and 5,469 tonnes respectively. This...

China ore imports fall sharply in February

Apr 3, 2018

According to the latest customs statistics, China’s tin ore and concentrate imports in February 2018 totalled 19,561 tonnes. 19,488 tonnes was imported from Myanmar with an estimated tin content of 4,900 tonnes, less than half of January levels. The estimated tin...

Nigerian government to tackle illegal mining

Mar 27, 2018

The Federal Government of Nigeria announced last week that it had commissioned 50 operation vehicles to bolster the efforts of its Special Mines Surveillance Task Force and State Minerals Resources and Environmental Management Committee to crackdown on illegal mining...

DRC mineral royalty increases with mining code revision

Mar 27, 2018

DRC’s mining code has been signed into law introducing various fiscal and regulatory reforms, including an increase in mining royalties for tin to at least 3.5%. Revision of the code was concluded by parliament in late January and signed into law by President Kabila...

PT TIMAH production rebounds in 2017

Mar 5, 2018

The Indonesian state-owned tin producer, PT TIMAH, has released its 2017 results which reveal that tin-in-concentrate production from mining operations rose 29% to 31,178 tonnes, while refined tin production increased 27% year-on-year to 30,249 tonnes. The increased...

Another record year for Pitinga

Mar 5, 2018

Minsur’s consolidated results, released last week, report that tin output from the Pitinga mine in Brazil rose by 2% year-on-year to 6,983 tonnes, a record high since the mine’s acquisition by Minsur in 2008. The Pitinga mine in Brazil saw a 6% year-on-year increase...