The top ten tin producers in 2011
The table shows the results of a survey of the leading refined tin producers carried out by ITRI. Of the companies covered, half reported a decline in production last year, including three of the big four. The two largest companies reporting increases were the ASEAN...
Minsur production and profits fall in 2011
Peru's only tin producer Minsur SA reported a 27% fall in net profits and a 16% drop in refined tin production last year, with a particularly sharp drop in profits in Q4. Net profit plunged 90% year-on-year in October-December to 24.8 million soles (US$9.24 million)...
Mine project brief updates
A number of companies aiming to develop new tin mines have announced updates on their activities in the last two weeks, and we summarise some key points from six of them. The first four companies covered - Eurotin, Kasbah Resources, Consolidated Tin Mines and Stellar...
Guangxi tin operations closed
Large numbers of metal enterprises, including mines, concentrators and smelters in Hechi city, Guangxi province are closed after Spring Festival as a consequence of cadmium pollution in the Longjiang River. Although the main tin producer in Guangxi, China Tin, still...
Vinto expansion to be completed by H2
The Ausmelt furnace that Bolivia's Vinto metallurgical complex (EMV) is installing will be up and running in H2, an official from state miner Comibol told BNamericas. "Right now, the last pieces of equipment are being installed and the testing stage is beginning," the...
Indonesian exports drop after December rush
After hitting a record level of 15,103 tonnes in December, the volume of tin metal checked prior to export by surveying companies working for the Indonesian trade ministry fell sharply to 5,380 tonnes in January. The January figure was down 27% on the same month of...
Indonesian exchange starts tin trading
The Indonesia Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (ICDX) started trading a physical tin contract today to create an alternative price benchmark to the London Metal Exchange, after twice delaying the initiative. Bloomberg reported that two lots of 5 tonnes traded...
Analysts forecast lower LME metals prices
Reuters released the results of its latest six-monthly poll of analysts' base metals price forecasts on Friday. Up to 32 analysts contributed forecasts for different LME metals to the survey (21 providing tin price forecasts) and across the board the "consensus" view...
Renison grades fall, costs rise
Metals X reported a further fall in production from its joint-venture Renison tin operations in Tasmania in the December quarter, with a decline in ore grades pushing up operating costs per tonne of contained tin. Tin-in-concentrate production in the three months was...