Consolidated Tin adds to resource
Queensland-based Consolidated Tin Mines has now been granted a development licence for the Windermere project by the state government. This allows it to add to its total resource within the Mt Garnet area near Cairns. The Windermere project has a current inferred JORC...
Economic History: The International Tin Cartel
For most of the last century the tin market was regulated by intergovernmental agreements which have aimed to stabilise prices. Following the spectacular collapse of the International Tin Council in 1985/86, the “consensus” view has been that attempts...
Achmmach project update
Kasbah Resources’ Achmmach tin project in Morocco is on track towards the completion of a pre-feasibility study on bulk underground mining of the deposit in the second quarter of next year. A full feasibility study should be completed in the first half of 2012,...
Timah’s offshore drive continues
Offshore tin mining is contributing more to Indonesian state-controlled tin miner PT Timah’s production, according to first half results released on Monday. January-June offshore tin-in-concentrate production rose by 28% year-on-year and contributed 52% of the...
Minsur expects lower production in coming months
Peruvian tin producer Minsur will see a temporary decrease in concentrate production at its San Rafael mine in Puno region, according to local paper Gestion today. The story, reported by BNAmericas, said that in compliance with a precautionary measure enforced by...
Adex arranges funding for Mount Pleasant project
Adex Mining Inc has announced a deal with a Hong Kong based investor to arrange funding for its Mount Pleasant project in New Brunswick, Canada. Adex could potentially start production of tin, zinc and indium from the North Zone of the project in 2012, while another...
Indonesian exports steady
The tonnage of tin metal checked prior to export from Indonesia in July was 8,870 tonnes, 1% higher than in the same month last year and 10% up on the previous month. “Smelters raised output and released their stockpiles after gains in tin price,” Alberth...
Yunnan Tin profits, tin semis sales up
Yunnan Tin Company, China’s and the world’s largest tin producer posted a net profit of RMB 184 million yuan (US$ 27 million) for the first half of this year, up 544 % from a year earlier. The company increased its refined tin production by 19.6% to 29,400...
Rains hamper Indonesian production
Tin production in Indonesia, the world's largest exporter, may fall 20% short of a government target of 105,000 tonnes as unseasonally long rains hamper mining. "Rains could cause a 20 percent fall in tin output for this year from our initial target," Witoro...