Renison tin output dips, reserves increased
Australia's largest tin miner, Metals X Ltd, has reported a dip in December quarter production at its Bluestone operations in Tasmania, but is advancing plans to mine copper as a by-product. The Bluestone operations - comprising the Renison and Mt Bischoff mines - are...
MSC Singapore share float goes ahead
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) has launched an offering to raise Sg$43.8 million (approximately US$34.2 million) for a secondary listing on the Singapore stock exchange. The IPO offer opened on 21 January and will close at noon local time on Tuesday. MSC, which...
China tin imports down, prices up
China imported 950 tonnes tin and tin alloy in December according to official customs data released at the end of last week. Cumulative imports of tin and tin alloy declined by 23.6% to 18,542 in 2010. The decline was mainly because the LME price was much higher than...
China illegal mines clampdown a success
China's Ministry of Land and Resources announced on Tuesday that authorities in the country have found and ordered the clean-up of 284 illegal mines in an effort to regulate the exploration of valuable minerals. The number of small-scale operations producing minerals...
South Crofty re-opening setback
Western United Mines has made 16 of its 60 staff redundant at the South Crofty project in Cornwall, UK, following delays in resolving land access issues with the local authorities. In a statement reported by the BBC, WUM said : "The move follows a need to...
Hemerdon project planning approval
ASX-listed Wolf Minerals has received updated planning permission for the development of the Hemerdon tungsten-tin project in Devon, UK and will now finalise a definitive feasibility on a large scale open pit operation there. Wolf acquired the project in 2007,...
Koba Tin plans stable output in 2011
Indonesia’s PT Koba Tin plans to produce 6,620 tonnes of refined tin this year, virtually unchanged from actual output of 6,644 tonnes achieved in 2010. Although Koba’s mine production exceeded its target last year, despite adverse weather conditions,...
Indonesian exports decline
Provisional data published today by Indonesia’s trade ministry showed the tonnage of tin checked prior to export fell by 9.2% year-on-year to 7,722 tonnes in December. Total cumulative tonnage for 2010 was 92,487 tonnes, 6.8% lower than in 2009. The statistics...
Adex examines smelter plan for Mount Pleasant
Adex Mining has announced a further step in assessing the viability of building a tin smelter to serve its Mount Pleasant tin-zinc-indium mine project in New Brunswick, Canada. It has engaged Xstrata Process Support ("XPS") of Sudbury, Ontario to test the...