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...

Tin innovation critical as China’s economy enters new phase

May 28, 2015

The Yunnan Tin Company (YTC) has highlighted the importance of new tin innovations and smelting technologies to the future of China’s tin industry. YTC General Manager Zhang Fu presented the company’s outlook at the 2015 ITRI China International Tin Forum...

Further tightening of Indonesian export rules announced

May 26, 2015

A third revision of tin export regulations first launched by Indonesia’s trade ministry in 2013 was announced on 19 May, expanding the scope of products requiring trading through ICDX and also making a stronger link with regulation of mining sites by the energy...

AETI plans rehabilitation pilot projects

May 26, 2015

The Association of Indonesian Tin Exporters (AETI), which currently represents 20 independent Indonesian tin producers and smelters, has reported that it is working with NGOs, led by Apple Inc., to develop a series of pilot projects aimed at rehabilitating abandoned...

Tin use in China’s lead-acid battery industry continues to soar

May 23, 2015

A presentation at our Shanghai Tin Forum by Zhu Jian of Tianneng Power, one of the two leading Chinese motive battery producers, forecast that tin use by China’s lead-acid battery industry could increase from almost 12,000 tonnes in 2014 to 17,600 tonnes in...