Monsoon limits January Indonesian tin shipments
Provisional data from Indonesia’s trade ministry shows that the volume of tin checked by surveying companies prior to export in January dropped from 8,508 tonnes in December to 6,775 tonnes in January. The January total was still, however, some 7% higher than in...
Yunnan Tin details expansion projects
China’s Xinhua news agency has reported more details of the investment projects being carried out by Yunnan Tin Company, which it is financing through a RMB 1.4 billion (US$200 million) rights issue announced last month. YTC will increase its tin mining and...
Bluestone venture to start 1 March
The new joint venture under which China’s Yunnan Tin Group will take a 50% stake in Metals X’s Tasmanian tin assets will come into effect on 1 March 2010. YTG will pay A$50 million for the 50% stake in Bluestone Mines Tasmania Pty Ltd and has the option to...
Timah to maintain sales in 2010
Indonesia’s PT Timah plans to sell 49,000 – 50,000 tonnes of refined tin this year, the company’s President Director told a parliamentary commission in Jakarta. Timah also expects to increase capital expenditure to Rp 600 billion (US$64 million) this...
Police close Bangka smelter
Indonesian police shut a tin smelter owned by CV Makmur Jaya on Thursday morning on suspicion of illegally processing tin ore obtained from outside the firm's mining area, Reuters reported. Norman Widjajadi, head of Bangka police, told reporters: "We suspect the...
Top Tin Producers in 2009
Data collected by ITRI in recent weeks shows diverse trends in refined tin production by leading producers in 2009. Yunnan Tin Company remained the world’s largest producer for the fifth year in a row, although its production declined for a second successive...
Indonesian tin gains share in Japan market
Indonesia accounted for over 61% of Japan’s refined tin imports in 2009, according to an analysis of customs statistics by the trading company Mitsubishi Corporation Unimetals. Japan’s total refined tin imports last year fell by 30% to 22,107 tonnes, while...
Peru’s tin production falls in 2009
Official mine production figures released this week show that Peru’s production of tin-in-concentrates fell by 3.9% to 37,503 tonnes last year. The country’s production of lead, zinc, molybdenum and iron ore also declined, although there were small...
Indonesia police seize more ore
Local police on Indonesia's Bangka island seized 37 tonnes of illegal tin ore on Friday from a warehouse, a police official told Reuters, marking the second seizure this year. Police had previously seized 5 tonnes of illegal tin ore from another warehouse on 15...