EM Huanuni eyes Lucianita restart
Empresa Minera Huanuni plans to restart the Lucianita processing plant from 1 May, according to an announcement from COMIBOL. The Huanuni mine relies on the aging Santa Elena processing plant. This plant sees the bulk of the 1,500 tonnes processed daily, with some 200...
Tin boosts silicon performance in lithium-ion batteries
Tin nanoparticles are key to stabilising silicon-graphite anodes in lithium-ion batteries, according to the latest published research. This work adds to growing evidence demonstrating tin can significantly boost silicon performance. Adding just 2% tin can dramatically...
MSC furnaces fail amidst smelter move
Malaysia Smelting Corporation, the world's third-largest refined tin producer, is having issues at its Butterworth smelter. The Butterworth smelter has five reverberatory furnaces, with annual capacity of some 25,000 tonnes. FastMarkets has reported that two of the...
Alphamin predicts EBITDA record as sales surge and tin market strength coincide
Alphamin Resources has been making good use of the high tin prices, according to its latest quarterly update. The company sold 3,351 tonnes of tin-in-concentrate at a realised price of US$ 23,083/tonne. This was a significant improvement over the final quarter of...
China smelters halt production
Small and medium-sized smelters in Gejiu, China, could suspend their refining processes due to environmental checks. This round of environmental inspections is set to begin in early April. Starting in Honghe prefecture, the checks could last around one month. In...
Environmental checks pressure Chinese raw materials supply
From the end of March, a number of tin fuming furnaces in the Chinese province of Yunnan will be closed for environmental checks. Fuming furnaces are a key part of smelting operations in China. The furnaces process low grade raw materials, including slag, hard-head,...
AVZ agrees tin offtake
AVZ Minerals has announced that it has signed a three-year offtake deal with Kalon Resources to sell 600 tonnes of tin concentrate per year. Kalon Resources is a subsidiary of Noble Resources, a significant trader of tin concentrates, sourcing from Africa and South...
Tin the best bet for wearable supercapacitors
Substitution of cobalt for tin has boosted the conductivity and stability of micro-supercapacitors, with 92% capacity retained after 10,000 charge-discharge cycles. This battery-like technology could power flexible and affordable wearable devices to monitor vital...
Tight tin market encourages Chinese metal exports
China's trade of refined tin metal shifted into net exports in February, recent customs data shows. Usually, the country augments its significant domestic supply of metal with material from other producers. The majority of the metal typically arrives from Indonesia;...