Aus Tin produces first tin from Granville

Aug 17, 2016

Australian based tin explorer, Aus Tin Mining, has turned producer with the announcement that production of tin concentrate has commenced from the company’s Granville Tin Project in Tasmania. The company acquired the Granville project in April 2016 and have...

Taboca production flat in Q2

Aug 16, 2016

Minsur’s Brazilian subsidiary, Taboca, produced 1,514 tonnes of refined tin in Q2 2016, up 1 tonne on the same period of 2015, according to the company’s consolidated operating results, released earlier today. Output from the Pitinga mine totalled 1,680...

Bolivian co-operatives clash with government

Aug 16, 2016

Roadblocks and violent protests have been reported in Bolivia in response to changes to laws governing co-operatives in the country, according to local news sources. Mining co-operatives play an important role in Bolivia, which produced 9,093 tonnes of...

Metals X to split in two

Aug 4, 2016

Metals X has announced the completion of a successful A$100.6 million equity capital raising and also confirmed that it intends to separate the company into two businesses in gold mining and base metals. The new base metals unit will include among its assets a 50%...

Timah cuts 2016 production forecast

Aug 4, 2016

Indonesian state-controlled tin producer PT Timah will not meet its original production target of 30,000 tonnes this year. The company’s corporate secretary, Agung Nugroho, told Reuters today that output is now likely to be between 24,000 and 27,000 tonnes this...

New ore sorter helps Minsur production

Aug 3, 2016

The start-up of a new ore sorter at Minsur’s San Rafael mine in Peru is helping keep the company on track to meet 2016 production and cost reduction targets. The new operation, commissioned in May, sorts low grade ore which had previously been stockpiled for...