AfriTin continues strong performance
AfriTin Mining has continued its strong performance in 2021, with a third consecutive quarter producing above nameplate capacity. AfriTin Mining owns and operates the Uis tin mine in Namibia. Quarterly production is targeted at 180 tonnes of tin concentrate, with a...
Venture confirms Renison-style target at Mount Lindsay
Australian exploration company Venture Minerals has discovered a new tin-bearing sequence near to its Mount Lindsay project in Tasmania. The Mount Lindsay project is located in north-western Tasmania, some 12km north-west of the major Renison Bell Mine. The Renison...
Copper shines at United Downs
Cornish Metals has announced assay results from the majority of the drill holes at its United Downs project. The United Downs project is located in the historical tin-producing region of Cornwall in the UK. Also nearby is Cornish Metal's other tin project, South...
China exports rise despite tighter market
Despite tightness in the domestic Chinese market, tin exports rose month-on-month in July. Chinese offshore tin trade is determined by the arbitrage between the local price on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) and the benchmark price from the London Metal Exchange...
Yunnan Tin posts new profit record
Yunnan Tin Company (YTC) posted record profits over the first half of 2021 on the back of high base metals prices and improved production. With much of the world investing in infrastructure to recover from the economic impacts of the coronavirus (COVID) pandemic, the...
Huanuni’s Lucianita plant begins operations
Local media in Bolivia is reporting that EM Huanuni has begun operating its Lucianita processing plant. Earlier this year, COMIBOL – the Bolivian mining authority that owns the mine – announced that it would begin operating Lucianita from the beginning of May....
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...