Indonesian private smelters confirm ban, discuss plans for 2012
Independent smelter members of the Indonesia Tin Association agreed yesterday to continue an export halt to the end of this year, although Indonesia's two large integrated producers, PT Timah and PT Koba Tin, did not attend the meeting at which the decision was...
China refined tin imports soared in October
China imported 3,990 tonnes of refined tin in October, the highest level since April 2009, according to China Customs data. Most of imports were from Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. The China domestic tin price has remained at a big premium to the LME from August...
Glencore reports solid markets, rising metals production
Commodities giant Glencore International said output across most of its commodity products rose in the third quarter and its marketing activity "remains solid" despite uncertainty in the financial markets, Dow Jones reported. Marketing and trading accounted for 39% of...
Yunnan Tin maintenance shutdown
Yunnan Tin Company began a 35 day regular maintenance shutdown of its main smelter at Gejiu, Yunnan province on Sunday. "The maintenance will not have any impact on products other than tin ingots. It will also have a relatively small impact on company's planned annual...
Tin production by Bolivian state companies falls
While Bolivia's state-owned tin enterprises, EM Huanuni and EM Vinto, have ambitious expansion plans for the next few years, their production has declined a little in the first nine months of this year. Production of tin-in-concentrates at the Huanuni mine fell by...
Pirquitas tin reserves cut to zero
Silver Standard Resources has published new resource and reserve estimates for its Pirquitas mine in Argentina, which until recently had been expected to be a significant producer of up to 3,000 tonnes per year of tin as a by-product of silver mining. The new...
Latest news on Indonesian export halt
Two Bloomberg reports this week have provided some insights into which companies are continuing to export tin in the current quarter and also play down earlier calls for the introduction of a quota system. As previously reported, trade ministry data showed that 5,442...
Cookson upbeat on solder sales
In an interim management statement released on 10 November Cookson Group plc said that trading conditions for its electronics division had improved since it last reported in August, although some other parts of the group's business were experiencing more difficult...
Renison produces more ore, less tin
The Renison joint venture operation between Metals X and Yunnan Tin Group and other Chinese investors reported record ore throughput but reduced contained tin production in the September quarter. The Renison mine produced nearly 131,000 tonnes of ore in the three...