MSC begins construction of smelter at RHT mine
Malaysian tin producer Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) has begun construction of a rotary furnace at its Rahman Hydraulic Tin (RHT) mine in Perak, Malaysia. The mine is the largest tin mine in Malaysia, representing around half of the country’s tin mine...
US to re-smelt strategic stockpile
The US Department of Defense is seeking information on potential stockpiling of critical minerals, while also indicating interest in re-smelting its tin stockpile. The DoD issued notices seeking information for lithium, nickel, chromium, tellurium, and tin about...
New integrated process targets tin recovery from tin-bearing tailings
Tin-bearing tailings generated during cassiterite processing often still contain valuable metal. Because cassiterite is brittle, grinding during ore beneficiation can produce very fine particles that are difficult to recover using conventional gravity or flotation...
Xingye Silver & Tin issues $200 million bond
Chinese tin miner Xingye Silver & Tin (SZ: 000426) has issued a US$200 million three-year bond through its Hong Kong subsidiary, becoming the first private Chinese mining company to issue an overseas senior unsecured bond. The senior unsecured sustainable bond has...
Wa formalises dewatering cost-sharing as mine restart progresses
Authorities in Myanmar’s autonomous Wa region have issued a new notice outlining a cost-sharing mechanism for dewatering deep mine shafts at Man Maw, marking another step toward the gradual restart of tin mining operations. On 27 February, the Wa State Industrial and...
Breakthrough in tin anode technology for batteries
Hungarian startup Edortech Ltd. has unveiled its patented ONLi anode platform, a new tin-based metal-alloy system designed for both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. The technology, developed over more than a decade at the Bay Zoltán Research Institute, is...
Elementos secures $29.5 million investment
Australian tin developer Elementos (ASX: ELT) has raised A$29.5 (approximately US$21 million) from Australian investor L1 Capital. This investment will make L1 Capital a 19.99% shareholder in the company. The funds will support advancement of the Oropesa tin project...
MSC profits rise despite lower Q4 sales
Leading tin producer Malaysia Smelting Corporation has announced group pre-tax profits of RM51.9 million (approximately US$12.5 million) in Q4, up 47.1% from the previous quarter. MSC reported revenue of RM480.7 million (approximately US$116 million) in Q4 2026, down...
Stellar upgrades Heemskirk resource
Australian tin explorer Stellar Resources (ASX: SRZ) has increased the Heemskirk tin resource in Tasmania to over 100 kt tin contained. The company boosted the size of the Queen Hill deposit, part of the Heemskirk project, by 41% to 4.11 Mt at 0.85% Sn for 34,900...