PT Timah maintains strong performance in Q3

Nov 16, 2017

State-owned Indonesian tin producer, PT Timah, has reported refined tin production of 7,932 tonnes for Q3 2017, effectively unchanged from Q2, but up 22.5% year-on-year. Mined tin output fell 7.5% to 7,776 tonnes from the previous quarter, but was up 13.3% on the...

US tin stockpile upgraded from tin pest contamination

Nov 1, 2017

Tin pest contamination in the US National Defence Stockpile (NDS) stockpile is being remediated over time using a simple remelting process to upgrade the more than 4,000 tonnes stored back to a 99% pure tin grade. The stockpile, currently administered by the Defence...

China ore imports strong in September

Oct 27, 2017

China imports of tin ores and concentrates from Myanmar totalled 20,818 tonnes (gross weight) in September, according to the latest official customs statistics, with an estimated tin content of 5,000 tonnes, up 9% from August, almost three times higher than September...

Bolivian tin output recovers in Q2

Oct 19, 2017

Official statistics from the Bolivian Ministry of Minerals and Metals reveal a 13.8% quarter-on-quarter increase in refined tin output to 4,359 tonnes and a 7.9% increase in tin mine output to 4,726 tonnes in Q2 2017. Refined production saw a lower 1.8% increase and...

China refined tin output to rise following disruptions

Oct 18, 2017

China’s refined tin production is expected to increase in the coming months as a number of smelters restart production following maintenance, environmental inspections and raw material constraints. Yunnan Tin Company (YTC), China’s largest tin producer,...

Insight on tin use in glass production

Oct 17, 2017

Tin use in float glass production totalled some 3,900 tonnes in China and 7,100 tonnes worldwide in 2016, according to estimates by Hou Yinglan from the Zhangzhou Kibing Glass company, who presented at ITRI’s Asia Tin Week in Kunming. Tin is used in the...