Alphamin nears completion of production ramp up
Alphamin Resources (TSXV: AFM; JSE AltX: APH) has reported tin production of 4,917 tonnes in Q3 2024, up 22% from the previous quarter, in line with the company’s planned annual production of 20,000 tonnes. Ore processed from Alphamin’s DR Congo-based Bisie mine...
Cornish Metals secures $9.1 million from Vision Blue
South Crofty developer Cornish Metals (ASM/TSX-V: CUSN) has announced that it has secured a further US$9.145 million from major shareholder Vision Blue Resources. Cornish Metals (formerly Strongbow Exploration) has been actively working to develop the historic mine in...
ITA explores new strategic tin technologies
It’s an exciting time for innovation in tin technologies, and ITA has been reaching out to some of the leading research teams in focus areas that will be strategically important to the future of the tin industry. Sodium-ion batteries are emerging as a safer, more...
US tin producer to receive $19m from Department of Defense
Secondary refined tin and solder producer, Nathan Trotter & Co., has been selected by the US Department of Defense to receive funding to expand the country’s tin smelting and refining capacity. The project will include the construction of comprehensive tin...
Aurubis to recover tin from new copper waste processing plant in Belgium
Aurubis’ new advanced sludge processing (ASPA) plant in Beerse, Belgium has officially opened its doors to start production.
Perfect Metals makes tin powder from cassiterite
Australian company Perfect Metals has developed a new low-temperature electrolytic process to convert cassiterite directly to high purity tin powder. Electrolytic processes are commonly used to purify metals and for electroplating materials such as in tinplate...
Elementos expands Oropesa tenure and intercepts further mineralisation at Cleveland
Tin explorer Elementos has acquired four new exploration licences surrounding its Oropesa tin project in Spain, and has reported further high grade assays from drilling at the Cleveland project in Tasmania. Announcing the acquisition of four new tenements in...
India removes tin import duty
India, a major importer and consumer of refined tin, has removed the import duty on tin. ITA estimates India to be the sixth largest consumer of refined tin, importing a growing quantity—12,100 t in 2023, almost entirely from Indonesia—with no significant domestic...
Stellar announces fresh project economics for Heemskirk
Heemskirk developer Stellar Resources has published a new scoping study for the Tasmanian tin project, incorporating the September 2023 MRE of 7.34 Mt at 1.04% Sn and updated cost estimates. The proposed underground mine would produce approximately 350 ktpa ore from...