Shanghai Futures Exchange plans to launch tin contract soon

Nov 25, 2014

Shanghai Futures Exchange is moving forward with the launch of a tin contract and has already delivered the application to China Securities Regulatory Commission, Mr. Ye Chunhe, Vice General Manager announced at ITRI China’s Annual Tin Reception in Sanya, Hainan...

AETI sees big drop in 2015 Indonesian exports

Nov 24, 2014

The President of the Association of Indonesian Tin Exporters (AETI), Jabin Sufianto, predicted a decline in tin shipments to below 70,000 tonnes in 2015. Speaking at ITRI China’s Annual Tin Reception in Sanya, Hainan, he attributed the expected fall in sales to...

Minsur reports drop in third quarter production

Nov 19, 2014

Minsur has reported that combined tin production at its operations in Peru and Brazil in 3Q14 has decreased 1% to 6,852 tonnes compared to 3Q13, primarily due to lower grades at the San Rafael tin mine in Puno, Peru. The combined production of tin since the start...

Metals X corporate landmarks as Renison reaches maturity

Oct 31, 2014

Over the quarter to end-September Metals X achieved a number of corporate landmarks, while its joint venture Renison tin mine hit a quarterly production record of 1,831 tonnes of tin-in-concentrate. With A$133 million in cash and working capital at the end of the...

PT Timah results improve and stocks build

Oct 31, 2014

PT Timah announced much improved third quarter financial results, as well as rising production and stocks. Net profit in the nine months to end-September rose by 141% year-on-year to Rp 341 billion (US$28 million), but in a statement the company said that it would...

Timah chief provides update on Myanmar plans

Oct 28, 2014

In an interview with the Jakarta Post on 23 October, PT Timah President Director Sukrisno said the state-controlled tin company was currently conducting a study for a smelter in Myanmar that was expected to conclude by year-end. “We hope to start construction of...