Xingye Silver & Tin issues $200 million bond
Chinese tin miner Xingye Silver & Tin (SZ: 000426) has issued a US$200 million three-year bond through its Hong Kong subsidiary, becoming the first private Chinese mining company to issue an overseas senior unsecured bond. The senior unsecured sustainable bond has...
Wa formalises dewatering cost-sharing as mine restart progresses
Authorities in Myanmar’s autonomous Wa region have issued a new notice outlining a cost-sharing mechanism for dewatering deep mine shafts at Man Maw, marking another step toward the gradual restart of tin mining operations. On 27 February, the Wa State Industrial and...
Breakthrough in tin anode technology for batteries
Hungarian startup Edortech Ltd. has unveiled its patented ONLi anode platform, a new tin-based metal-alloy system designed for both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. The technology, developed over more than a decade at the Bay Zoltán Research Institute, is...
Elementos secures $29.5 million investment
Australian tin developer Elementos (ASX: ELT) has raised A$29.5 (approximately US$21 million) from Australian investor L1 Capital. This investment will make L1 Capital a 19.99% shareholder in the company. The funds will support advancement of the Oropesa tin project...
MSC profits rise despite lower Q4 sales
Leading tin producer Malaysia Smelting Corporation has announced group pre-tax profits of RM51.9 million (approximately US$12.5 million) in Q4, up 47.1% from the previous quarter. MSC reported revenue of RM480.7 million (approximately US$116 million) in Q4 2026, down...
Stellar upgrades Heemskirk resource
Australian tin explorer Stellar Resources (ASX: SRZ) has increased the Heemskirk tin resource in Tasmania to over 100 kt tin contained. The company boosted the size of the Queen Hill deposit, part of the Heemskirk project, by 41% to 4.11 Mt at 0.85% Sn for 34,900...
CATL explores tin anodes for sodium-ion batteries
Scientists from Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL) alongside Central South University in China have co-authored a recent paper in Small investigating advanced tin-based anodes for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). As the world’s largest battery manufacturer by...
Germanium–tin breakthrough advances light-based semiconductors
As computers process more data than ever before, engineers are looking for faster ways to move information inside chips. One promising solution is to use light instead of electricity. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh and European partners have now developed...
Cornish Metals receives letter of interest from EXIM
UK-based tin developer Cornish Metals (AIM: TIN) has announced it has received a non-binding letter of interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for up to US$225 million in financing for the company’s South Crofty tin project. The potential...