Colquiri mine dispute continues

Jun 24, 2015

Tension remains high between the state owned Colquiri Mining Company (EMC) and local mining cooperatives regarding a disagreement over access rights to particular mining levels of the Colquiri tin and zinc mine in La Paz, Bolivia, as reported by local newspaper, La...

Further surge in Indonesian sales

Jun 16, 2015

Indonesian sales continue to run well above the 4,000 tonnes per month “cap” announced by leading producers and the governor of Bangka-Belitung in early May, but this might be a final rush before stricter controls start to take effect. Preliminary trade...

China tin imports boom in April

Jun 10, 2015

China tin imports boomed in April 2015, particularly imports of tin concentrates. China tin concentrate imports had declined over 4 months since last December. But the trend was reversed from mid-April, when concentrate imports grew 193% year-on-year and hit...

Bids shortlisted for Kamativi partnership

Jun 3, 2015

Zimbabwe’s Mines Ministry has shortlisted four bids by Chinese and South African companies to reopen the Kamativi mine in partnership with the state-owned mining company, the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC). The four shortlisted bids were...

YTC forecasts decline in Myanmar tin production

Jun 2, 2015

The Yunnan Tin Company (YTC) has forecast diminishing tin production from Myanmar over the next few years from their estimate of 24,000 tonnes of tin mined in the country in 2014. In 2014, after 6 years as a net importer of refined tin, China became a net exporter of...

Minsur announces production increase from Pitinga in Q1

Jun 1, 2015

Minsur’s Q1 consolidated results reveal that its Brazilian subsidiary, Taboca, saw a 20% year-on-year increase in Q1 tin production from its Pitinga mine to 1,585 tonnes in 2015. This brings Minsur’s total tin production in Q1 to 5,883 tonnes. The increase...