ITRI China Tin Seminar adds new partner, sponsors and speakers
ITRI is pleased to announce that the China Non Ferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA) has given its full backing to the ITRI China Tin Seminar which takes place in Hangzhou, China on 25-27th May. CNIA will act as co-hosts along with the existing partner, the China...
Start of tin production at Pirquitas further delayed
Silver Standard Resources gave no indication of likely tin production at its Pirquitas silver-zinc-tin mine in Argentina when announcing its year end 2010 results last week. During the course of 2010 it continuously downgraded its tin production forecasts for last...
Stellar firms up Heemskirk resource estimate
Following further drilling work in 2010, Stellar Resources has published a first JORC-compliant estimate of the potential of three tin deposits located near Zeehan in Tasmania. The combined resource is estimated at 4.4 million tonnes of ore averaging 1.1% tin...
Mt Lindsay pre-feasibility study results announced
Venture Minerals Limited has published summary results from a newly completed pre-feasibility study on its Mt Lindsay tin-tungsten-magnetite project in northern Tasmania. Compared to a scoping study published last May, the planned scale and capital cost of the project...
South Korea ups copper, tin targets
South Korea’s Public Procurement Service (PPS) said in a statement on 23 February that it would raise its inventory targets for copper and tin in 2011 to a respective 80 and 75 days of import demand, signalling the launch of a broader restocking effort through...
Revival in Perak mining possible
In a recent online discussion, local Reuters reporters described hopes of a revival in tin mining in Malaysia’s Perak state, which until the 1980s was the world’s most important centre of tin production. The discussion was based on an interview with Perak...
Australian tin assets changing hands
The tin price boom has resulted in a marked increase in activity by Australian junior mining companies, who are taking the opportunity to raise capital, boost exploration and development activity or dispose of assets. Two examples of this recently are Monto...
Indonesian exports up in January
Indonesia shipped 7,334.65 tonnes of refined tin in January, compared with 6,774.57 tonnes a year earlier, trade ministry data showed. "Exports were higher compare to January 2010 because exporters rushed to ship the metal because of record prices," Junaedi,...
Nickel and tin had fastest growth rates in 2010
Preliminary data on world supply and demand for all the LME metals in 2010 published this week by the World Bureau of Metals Statistics (WBMS) showed that nickel and tin registered the fastest growth in apparent consumption last year. WBMS calculates apparent...