Indonesian smelter re-starts delayed
Although 10 independent smelters in Indonesia now have operating permits and export licences, they have been slow to re-start operations, according to a Reuters report today. The smelters have not resumed operations as they are still preparing machinery idle for...
Vinto rejects extra workers
La Empresa Metalúrgica Vinto (EMV), the new state company running the Vinto tin smelter in Bolivia, has rejected a proposal that it takes on an extra 150 workers, according to Bolivian newspaper La Razon. The 12,000 tpy plant was forcibly nationalized in...
Pirquitas construction to start in Q3
Construction work on Silver Standard’s Pirquitas silver/tin/zinc mine project in Argentina is due to commence in the third quarter of this year, with mill start-up planned for the fourth quarter of 2008. In its latest quarterly report, Silver Standard said that...
New consortium plan for Indonesian producers
A leading Indonesian businessman has announced plans to set up a 'consortium' involving all tin producers in Bangka and Belitung in order to get maximum benefits from the commodity, local newspaper Bangka Pos reported late last week. Tommy Winata, the chairman of the...
Peruvian production to increase in 2007
Peru’s production of most non-ferrous metals is forecast to increase this year, according to the national mining association SNMPE. Mine production of tin is expected to increase slightly to 39,000 tonnes, from 38,462 tonnes last year. Small increases in lead,...
First shipments by Indonesian independent smelters imminent
Several recently re-licensed independent tin smelters are expected to make their first shipments of refined tin from Bangka island in the next day or two. Since the introduction of a new export licence system at the end of February only the state-controlled PT Timah...
YTC Resources makes ASX debut
Tin-focussed explorer YTC Resources had its shares traded on the Australian Stock Exchange for the first time today, following the early closure of an over-subscribed A$3.5 million initial public offering. Following the issue of 14 million new shares at A$0.25 per...
Dispute at Huanuni mine settled
A three-day strike at the Huanuni tin mine in Bolivia over productivity bonuses was settled on Thursday. The dispute was over the scale of productivity payments for March, when production at the mine reached a recent record level. A similar short strike occurred in...
Peru national strike affects Minsur mine
Peru’s only tin mine is reported to have been hit by a walk-out by workers taking part in a national mining strike which began at the start of this week.A union leader told Reuters yesterday that all 1,120 workers at Minsur’s San Rafael mine had joined the...