New solder giant emerges from Cookson split
From 19 December the Cookson Group has formally split into two separate entities, with its solder business now part of Alent plc. Both Alent , which groups electronics assembly materials and plating chemicals businesses, and Vesuvius plc, including ceramics and...
Queensland takeover boosts Consolidated Tin
Hong Kong-based Snow Peak has signed a $40 million deal to take over North Queensland mining assets held by collapsed miner Kagara Ltd. Completion of the proposed transaction is anticipated to be in late January 2013. Snow Peak is a cornerstone shareholder in...
Henderson forecasts electronics growth pick-up
The electronics sector, which accounts for around a half of all tin usage, has had a disappointing year, with zero growth in output according to consultancy Henderson Ventures. However in the company's latest Electronic Market Forecast monthly newsletter it sees an...
China tin industry cautious on market outlook for 2013
The first Tin Market Outlook Reception to be held by ITRI China in Beijing on 6 December attracted 91 delegates, including representatives of most leading producers, consumers and trade houses. At the end of meeting ITRI carried out a poll of participants' views on...
South Korea increases stockpile purchases
South Korea's state-run procurement agency plans to buy 127,266 tonnes of industrial metals next year, spending almost $668 million on the purchases, 20% more than it spent this year, Reuters reported. The Public Procurement Service (PPS), which manages South Korea's...
Reuters: Miners struggle to fund tin projects, deeper shortages loom
Following the second ITRI investing in Tin Seminar in London on 30 November a number of the presenters and senior executives from several leading producers took part in a group interview with Eric Onstad of Thomson Reuters. The article based on the discussion is...
Indonesian shipments lower in November
Refined tin shipments from Indonesia, the world's largest exporter, fell in November, the first decline in three months, after rain hampered production, Bloomberg reported. Exports declined 28% to 7,946 tonnes from 11,048 tonnes in October, data from the Trade...
Comibol production falling
Bolivia's state mining organisation Comibol has seen its tin production fall in the first three quarters of 2012, despite the nationalization of the former Glencore-controlled Colquiri mine in June. According to official mines ministry statistics, tin-in-concentrate...
Gippsland increases tin production forecast
Gippsland Limited will increase monthly production of tin-in-concentrate at its Abu Dabbab alluvial mine in Egypt to 60 tpm from February 2013 and expects to maintain output at this higher rate for eight months. Revenue from tin concentrate sales over this period are...