Drilling demonstrates South Crofty potential
Cornish Metals has announced the completion of its diamond drilling programme at the South Crofty Mine, Cornwall, UK. Cornish Metals (previously Strongbow Exploration) began the drilling programme in June 2020, which was designed to test targets beneath...
Coronavirus cuts Bolivian tin production
The latest statistical data released by the Bolivian government has indicated the severe impact of the coronavirus on tin mining and smelting in the country during the first quarter of 2020. Mining in the country is conducted by the two mines owned by the state mining...
Mining changes boost Redmoor economics
A review of Strategic Minerals' 2019 scoping study for the Redmoor deposit has revealed improved economics. The Redmoor brownfield project is one of two tin mines being developed in Cornwall, UK. The project's Internal Rate of Return (IRR) has now risen to 29% (up...
Pyrkakay acquisition boosts Rusolovo’s resources
JSC Rusolovo, the tin-producing subsidiary of Russian metal producer Seligdar, has announced that it acquired the Pyrkakay stockwork deposit in eastern Russia on 11 August 2020. The new deposit is one of the largest in Russia. According to the company, Pyrkakay has a...
Returning smelters reduce imports; Myanmar flooding to pressure China supply
Despite significant falls in tin consumption earlier in the year, demand for the metal in China has recovered well. In fact, with smelters including Yunnan Tin closed for maintenance over the June-July period, the country imported large amounts of refined tin....
Elementos progresses Oropesa on multiple fronts
Elementos has announced progression on multiple fronts at its Oropesa project in Spain. The company has begun working on an updated environmental impact study and recently broke ground on its planned drilling work. Oropesa's original environmental study (EIS) was...
Rising demand increases China’s appetite for overseas tin
Despite a shrinking arbitrage, official Customs data shows that China imported a large amount of refined tin in July – 2,750 tonnes – a six-fold increase from 2019. Imports year-to-date reached 12,113 tonnes, eleven times higher than the same period last year. As a...
PT Timah continues production cuts
In March, PT Timah announced that it would cut production of refined tin by some 30% while demand recovered from the impact of COVID-19. Recent publicly available data indicates that in the first half of the year, output was some 26% lower than in 2019. COVID-19 has...
Alphamin exempt from DRC smelting requirements
Reuters has reported that Alphamin are now exempt from export rulings that required miners to smelt concentrates within the DRC. According to the news agency, miners producing cobalt, tin, tungsten, tantalum, and/or copper were required to upgrade their concentrates...