Vinto Ausmelt construction begins
The civil works to install an Ausmelt furnace at Bolivian state-owned tin producer Empresa Metalurgica Vinto (EMV) will start this week, company head Ramiro Villavicencio told BNamericas. "Works will take nearly four months while at the same time the building's...
Metals X looks to expand Renison reserves
Metals X has reported very encouraging early results from a new exploration drilling programme around the Renison operation in Tasmania. Grades of between 2.4% and 8.1% tin in some ore samples “confirm the potential for a substantial upgrade and addition to...
Timah chemicals plant investment behind schedule
PT Timah’s move to build up its downstream business in solders and tin chemicals is taking longer than expected, according to the Bisnis Indonesia newspaper. Construction of a new PVC stabilisers plant in Cilegon, Java is now a year behind the original schedule...
China Tin and parent plan overseas projects and IPO
China Tin Group is planning a public offering in the A-share market early next year, said a top company executive. Li Yangtong, chairman of Guangxi Nonferrous Metals Group, which owns China Tin, said the parent company would inject into China Tin its tin, antimony,...
YTC plans to suspend production of Ausmelt furnace
Yunnan Tin Company (YTC) is planning to stop production of the Ausmelt furnace at its main Gejiu smelter by the end of September in order to examine and repair the equipment. The company says the overhaul period will be around 30 days. Normally, YTC has a maintenance...
Rainy season starts again in Indonesia
Indonesian tin miners have had a very short peak season for production this year, as a late-ending monsoon in Q2 has been followed by the early onset of a new rainy season from late August. Adverse weather has mainly affected small mines and independent smelters, with...
ITRI and Rwandan Government to co-operate on iTSCi conflict mineral traceability scheme
ITRI and the Rwandan Geology and Mines Authority (OGMR) are pleased to announce plans to co-operate in order to implement the ITRI Tin Supply Chain Initiative (iTSCi) Phase 2 mine-to-export traceability scheme for cassiterite and other minerals produced in Rwanda....
Coverage of iTSCi tracking programme in DR Congo may be expanded
ITRI and the Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center (T.I.C.) have announced the commencement of a feasibility study to determine the practicality of extending the iTSCi Pilot Programme to Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The current pilot...
LME tin volumes down
Official data from the London Metal Exchange shows an overall rise in futures and options activity of 4% year-on-year in January-August, but tin volumes have fallen sharply. In the eight months to August trading in all contracts amounted to 77.9 million lots, with...