Aurubis to invest in more efficient tin extraction
Aurubis has announced that it will build a state-of-the-art recycling plant at its Beerse site - previously Metallo - in Belgium. The new plant will process copper anode sludge using a hydrometallurgical process to rapidly extract a variety of metals including tin....
Metals X eyes Rentails decision in 2023
Metals X has announced that it will update the Rentails Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS), beginning the work in 2022. Rentails is a tailings reprocessing project at the Renison mine in Tasmania, Australia. The project has been in development for some time; the...
Strong quarter for Metals X despite challenges
Metals X has announced the results of a very positive quarter at its half-owned Renison mine. In the mine, both production and the grade of the ore improved compared to the first quarter of 2021. 206,192 tonnes of ore was mined in Q2, up by 32,252 tonnes (19%). Grades...
Tighter Chinese market slows tin exports
Chinese exports of refined tin slowed in June as the arbitrage between the Shanghai and London exchanges narrowed. The arbitrage arises from differences in the valuation of tin between the two exchanges. Typically, the Chinese import price - the LME price, minus taxes...
Chinese imports jump as Myanmar backlog clears
Chinese smelters experienced some relief to their tight raw materials supply chains as imports of tin concentrate from Myanmar jumped in June. The latest customs data, which is reported as gross weight, indicated that 14,249 tonnes came from Myanmar in June. This is a...
Elementos steams ahead at Oropesa
Elementos has announced that it will go directly to a Definitive Feasibility Study for its Oropesa tin project in Spain. The Oropesa project has been in development for some time. First discovered by Eurotin, it was bought by Elementos in 2018. Since then, Elementos...
Tantalex acquires final Manono tailings, moves to begin drilling
Tantalex Resources has announced that it has signed a binding agreement with MINOR SARL to acquire the entirety of the tailings at Manono. The Manono mine, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was worked extensively between 1919 and the mid-1980s. During that...
More scientists produce hydrogen with molten tin
Hydrogen production using methane and molten tin has been demonstrated by a team of scientists at Samara State Technical University, Russia. The discoveries complement ongoing research into splitting methane into hydrogen gas and solid carbon or “methane pyrolysis” at...
Meridian engages partner for Brazilian tin project
Meridian Mining has announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Orosur Mining over its Ariquemes tin project. Meridian Mining owns concessions in the Ariquemes area, Brazil's second largest tin-producing area. The Pitinga tin field, owned and operated...