Indonesian exports start to decline in September
Indonesian tin exports from February to September amounted to 61,167 tonnes, according to a trade ministry report quoted by Bloomberg News today. The preliminary data is based on surveyors’ reports linked to the new export licencing system brought in February...
Brazil tin deposit for auction
20 mineral deposits in Brazil are to be auctioned by the state geological service CPRM next year, with a tin reserve in Rondonia among the first five properties to be offered. The planned auctions are part of a government programme to stimulate investments and...
New Year price increases for tin mill products
Major US tinplate producers are seeking a 15% rise in prices from 1 January, according to letters to customers quoted by American Metal Market on Friday. The letters from ArcelorMittal and USS-Posco say that price rises are necessary to cover rising input costs. The...
PT Timah proposes export volumes for 2008
PT Timah will propose that Indonesia, the world's second-largest tin producer, export 90,000 tonnes of the metal next year President Director Wachid Usman said today, according to Bloomberg News. Timah, Indonesia's largest tin producer, will export 45,000 tons of the...
No concern about high stocks at Vinto
A spokesman for Bolivia’s Mining Ministry told BNAmericas that it was not concerned about the large stocks of tin at the country’s Vinto smelter. Some 2,400 tonnes of metal are currently held at the plant. The official said that "keeping tin in...
Metals X reports reduced loss, increased diversification
Metals X Ltd reported a net loss of A$2.73 million in the year to June 30, compared to a A$22.63 million loss in the previous financial year. Revenues for the year increased sharply to A$33.9 million as a result of the build up to full production at the...
New Bangka smelter starts commissioning
The new 12,000 tpy tin smelter controlled by Yunnan Tin Company and Singapore Tin Industries on Indonesia’s Bangka island is due to start commissioning at the weekend. An STI official told Metal Bulletin that the plant will produce tin of minimum 99.85% purity,...
China becomes net importer
China was a net importer of tin in August, according to official trade figures released on Monday. During the month China exported 1,205 tonnes of refined tin and alloy and imported 1,364 tonnes. During the seven months to July 2007 China was a net exporter of almost...
Indonesian sales quota decree issued
The governor of Indonesia's Bangka Belitung province has issued a decree imposing sales quotas that could decrease tin exports, according to a document shown to Reuters and other reporters on Friday. The decree, which came into effect on September 3, states that each...