China tin imports rise in August
China imported 1,605 tonnes of refined tin in August, the highest level since August 2010, according to the latest China Customs data. Although the import of refined tin in August is up by 123% m-o-m, the total import in January-August of this year still decreased by...
Traders in queue for tin
Currently more than 3,000 tonnes of tin is due to be shipped out of LME warehouses, but actual movements of metal have been quite slow. Total opening stocks in exchange warehouses on 20 September stood at 21,020 tonnes, of which 3,320 tonnes were cancelled warrants...
Kasbah filling in the Gap
ASX-listed Kasbah Resources has reported encouraging exploration drilling results in an area between the two mineralized zones included in its current resource model for its Achmmach project in Morocco. Ore grading between 0.48% and 2.37% Sn has been found in the Gap...
Venture makes mining application for Mt Lindsay
ASX-listed Venture Minerals Limited announced the submission of a Mining Lease Application for the Company's flagship Mt Lindsay Tin/Tungsten Project in northwest Tasmania. The MLA was submitted to the Registrar of Mines, Mineral Resources Tasmania on 15 September....
Hong Kong group takes stake in Mt Garnet project
Consolidated Tin Mines has secured a Hong Kong-based cornerstone investor for its Mt Garnet tin project in Queensland following an initial A$1.6 million placement in the emerging miner. Snow Peak International Investment took up the placement, the first tranche in a...
TNT Mines de-merger completed, IPO deferred
ASX-listed Minemakers Limited has announced the completion of the de-merger of its Tasmanian tin assets into TNT Mines Limited on 19 July. The planned move was originally announced last year, with the intention of listing TNT and raising A$10 million in an Initial...
Lower volumes, higher margins for Timah
Indonesia's PT Timah reported a 29% rise in consolidated sales and a more than doubling of net income to Rp 689 billion (US$79 million) in the first half of 2011, despite a fall in tin sales volumes. Refined tin sales by the state-controlled company in January-June...
Venture looks for Chinese partners
Australian miner Venture Minerals plans to start tin production from its Mount Lindsay project in Tasmania in 2013, in time to capture strong global demand for the metal, Managing Director Hamish Halliday told Reuters. Halliday said his company was in preliminary...
Celeste publishes first resource estimate for South Crofty
Celeste Copper Corporation, the Canadian listed company which in May announced an agreement to acquire a 25% stake in the South Crofty project in Cornwall, UK has published an initial estimate of mineral resources in five near surface deposits on the property. Using a...