Victory Mines focussed on San Pedrito development
Victory Mines is currently undertaking a 3,200 metre channel sampling programme as part of continuing efforts to develop the San Pedrito mine in the Potosi department, Bolivia. The programme is 40% complete with targeted grades of 1.2% Sn along with Zn and Ag...
Consolidated Tin Mines completes asset acquisition
Consolidated Tin Mines Ltd (CSD) has announced that participants of a general meeting of shareholders on January 12th 2015 voted in favour of all resolutions relating to the acquisition of assets from Snow Peak Mining (SPM) which has taken place with immediate effect....
Renison mine sets new production records
Unaudited fourth quarter production for the Renison mine in Tasmania released by 41% shareholder L'sea Resources International Holdings yesterday show that the operation has established both quarterly and annual production records under its current ownership. Fourth...
Indonesian exports bounce back in December
Indonesian tin exports increased to 10,318 tonnes in December, recovering strongly from an extremely low 465 tonnes in November, according to preliminary trade department data based on pre-shipment inspections by surveying companies. The annual 2014 tonnage, based on...
Record ore imports boost China tin production
China imported 28,875 tonnes (on a gross-weight basis) tin ores and concentrates in November. This is an all-time high, which exceeded the previous record import month (January 2014) by 9,909t. Almost all of the November imports were sourced from Myanmar. The total...
Huanuni ore processing plant nearly complete
Construction of the new 3,000 tpd ore processing plant at Bolivia's largest tin mine is almost finished, local sources have told ITRI, although commissioning has not started. The facility at Comibol's Huanuni mine has been built by the Chinese contractor Vicstar Union...
Kasbah opts out of Kikagati agreement
ASX listed Kasbah Resources has elected not to continue onto the next stage of its proposed farm-in agreement on a tin project in Uganda with Starfield Minerals Limited, following completion of an initial 6 month due diligence period. The initial Memorandum of...
MSC completes smelting capacity expansion
Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad has completed installation of a 6th reverberatory furnace at its Butterworth based smelter. The smelting plant has operated on 5 furnaces since the beginning of the 1960's, producing around 35,000 tpy of refined tin in recent...
Timah forecasts improved results but cancels Myanmar investment
In an interview with Bloomberg on 18 December PT Timah President Director Sukrisno forecast a 15% increase in net income next year, based on higher sales and a recovery in tin prices. It also expects to benefit from reduced dividend payments to the Indonesian...