First Tin provides an update on renewable power at Taronga
Tin exploration company First Tin plc (LSE: 1SN) has announced its intention to primarily use renewable energy at its Australian project Taronga, with a focus on solar power for its crushing operations. Since acquiring Taronga in 2022, the company has been developing...
Uganda clarifies minimum tin export grade
On 22nd December 2023 Uganda’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Dr Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu signed a new statutory instrument that clarified the minimum purity of tin exports as 99.85%, emphasising requirements for local value addition. Previous regulations...
Partial resumption of mining in Wa State, excluding tin
Leaders of Wa State have authorised a partial resumption of mining in the area from 3rd January 2024, although most tin mines will remain closed for now. A mining ban came into force on 1st August 2023. According to a document seen by ITA, on 28th December 2023 the...
Metals X provides a Renison Ore Reserve and mine life update
Metals X (ASX: MLX) has announced an updated Life of Mine Plan for Renison Bell, Australia’s largest tin mine, with the historic mine expected to operate until at least 2035. Proven and Probable Reserves currently sit at 8.225 Mt at 1.48% Sn. The company, who own 50%...
Eloro Resources intersects 0.43% Sn over 62.84m in Definition Drilling at Iska Iska
Explorer Eloro Resources (TSX: ELO; FSE: P2Q; OTCQX: ELRRF) has released assay results from the first five of its eleven definition drill holes, including an intersection of 0.43% Sn over 62.84 m, at the polymetallic tin-silver Iska Iska deposit in Bolivia. Chief...
Australia classifies tin as a strategic material
The Australian Government has updated the country’s Critical Minerals List and has introduced a new Strategic Materials List, which includes tin. The minerals featured in the lists support Australia’s transition to net zero emissions, advanced manufacturing, defence...
Tungsten West raises £1.8 million to restart production at Hemerdon
Tungsten West (LON: TUN) has announced it has raised £1.8 million through Tranche C of its 2023 Convertible Loan Notes, adding to £5.15 million raised earlier in 2023, to restart production at its UK tin-tungsten Hemerdon mine. The proceeds of the CLNs are to be used...
Fourth Power receives $19 million investment into its molten tin thermal energy storage technology
Backed by Bill Gates’ venture firm Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Fourth Power has received $19 million in funding for its molten tin high-density thermal energy storage (TES) system based on thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells, reportedly at a cost ten times cheaper than...
ITA analysts visit South Crofty
In late November, analysts from the International Tin Association’s UK and China offices visited Cornish Metals’ South Crofty tin project in Redruth, Cornwall. The visit encompassed meetings with the mine management team and tours of the underground and surface...