Yunnan Tin head charged
Chinese authorities have arrested and charged Yunnan Tin chairman Lei Yi for accepting bribes, in the latest example of the country's crackdown on graft. Reuters reported that he had been charged with taking 20 million yuan ($3.27 million) in bribes from four people,...
Open pit could start Achmmach production
Kasbah Resources has defined a shallow portion of the main ore-body at its Achmmach tin project in Morocco which could be mined as an open pit while the main planned underground workings are being developed. The company has announced a JORC compliant Indicated...
Indonesian market volumes increase
Tin trading volumes on the Indonesia Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (ICDX) have picked up an average of over 100 tonnes per day so far this week, according to market data published on the exchange website. Indonesian tin producers have been forced to use the...
Consolidated still targeting 2014 tin production
Consolidated Tin Mines this week announced the results of a Pre-feasibility Study (PFS) on its Mt Garnet project in northern Queensland and is immediately embarking on a Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS). At a presentation in Sydney it announced a tight timetable of...
Huanuni mill expansion well advanced
Bolivia's state tin company Empresa Minera Huanuni (EMH) will triple its tin concentrate production in 2014 to 3,000 tonnes a month thanks to the construction of a new mill which is expected to be completed by the end of the year, said mining and metals minister Mario...
Timah forecasts shipments
Indonesia's state-controlled tin producer PT Timah said that it would ship some 1,500 tonnes of tin this month and was aiming for annual exports of 25,000 tonnes, down from 28,000 tonnes in 2012. Its President Director Sukrisno told Reuters that he hoped that other...
Koba contract terminated
On Wednesday Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources eventually confirmed a widely leaked decision rejecting an application to extend PT Koba Tin's contract of work (CoW) on Bangka island by a further ten years to 2023. The decision was stated to be...
Minsur expands and diversifies
Peruvian miner Minsur SA , the world's third largest tin producer, will produce 30,000 tonnes of tin this year, similar to last year's output, Chief Executive Juan Luis Kruger told Reuters. Kruger also said the company is expanding and diversifying its operations and...
China’s ore imports from Myanmar booming
Reuters reports that tin ore shipped from Myanmar across the border for processing in Yunnan, China's key tin producing province, more than tripled in July to 8,392 tonnes, quoting official Chinese customs statistics. Imports for the first seven months of the year are...