China tin imports jump in June
China’s tin and alloy imports surged by 84.1% month-on-month to 1,578 tonnes in June, according to China Customs trade data. This is the highest level since August 2010. Of total June imports, 48% of tin was imported from Indonesia and 26% from Bolivia. The Chinese...
LME lists new Indonesian tin brand
The London Metal Exchange has for the first time listed a brand belonging to one of Indonesia’s 30 plus independent smelters as good delivery. Approval for the IMLI brand produced by PT Bukit Timah was effective from 22 June. PT Bukit Timah’s plant, with a rated...
Peru base metals production low again in May
Latest official mine production figures published by Peru’s mines ministry shows May production of copper, lead, zinc and tin all down on corresponding levels recorded in May 2010, with tin showing the biggest decline. May output of tin-in-concentrate was only 2,189...
Timah reports fall in first half tin sales
PT Timah sold around 18,000 tonnes of tin in the January-June period at an average price of $25,000/tonne compared with $19,000/tonne a year earlier, Chief Executive Wachid Usman said Wednesday, Dow Jones reported. The state-owned tin miner sold 19,760 tonnes of tin...
China issues more export quotas
China issued the second batch of nonferrous metals export quota for 2011, which was equivalent to 40 per cent of the annual issued amount. Among them, the export quota for tin products was 7,097 tonnes. The areas and company allocated quotas are Yunnan, Zhejiang,...
Chinese companies awarded Huanuni expansion contract
A Chinese engineering group has been awarded a US$50 million contract to build a new processing plant next to Bolivia's Huanuni mine as the country seeks to expand production at one of the world's largest tin mines, Dow Jones reported. Vicstar Union Engineering, a...
Indonesian shipments soar
Provisional data from Indonesia’s trade ministry released today shows a big jump in exports in June. Data compiled by surveyors under the country’s export licensing system shows that 10,875 tonnes of tin was checked prior to shipment, 35% higher than in June 2010....
2012 International Tin Conference in Cape Town
ITRI is pleased to announce that it will be holding the 2012 International Tin Conference at the Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town, between 23rd and 25th April 2012. This is the foremost tin industry event and an opportunity to meet the key industry players and debate the...
China secondary smelters cut production
Tin recyclers in southern areas of China have cut production as the government toughened environmental checks and imposed power restrictions. “Most producers in Guangdong have suspended more than half of their capacity, as was ordered by the local government, and also...