MSC to increase mine production by 30%
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC), in a bid to capitalise on forecast higher tin prices, is targeting raising mining output at its Rahman Hydraulic mine by 30% by the end of this calendar year. Roughly US$ 2.4 million has been set aside to improve the company's...
Renison Indicated & Measured Resource doubles
Having received encouraging drilling results from the prospective Bell 50 area, Metals X has announced its annual resource estimate for the Renison Bell mine, Tasmania. Renison Bell is one of the highest-grade tin mines currently in production and is part-owned by...
Processing modifications benefit AfriTin economics
Following on from its recent announcement of drilling results working towards confirming historical information, AfriTin has raised further capital to bring the Uis Tin Mine to first stage production. The historical SRK data suggested a small tantalum resource,...
Comibol push through issues to ramp up production
Bolivia’s state mining company Comibol is attempting to increase production by tapping into new mining areas at the company’s Cerro Posokoni site. The new veins – Keller, Bandy, Chuallani and Notaf – are forecast to increase production by 160 tonnes/month. The new...
Confidence in Heemskirk resource grows
Stellar Resources has updated the resource estimate for its flagship Heemskirk project based in Tasmania. The new report includes a maiden Indicated Resource for the Severn deposit and a 64% increase in the overall Indicated Resource, increasing the confidence in the...
Progress at Aus Tin’s Taronga project
Aus Tin Mining have announced that final regulatory approval for Stage 1 operations at its Taronga tin project has been received, representing “a major milestone for the Company”, Aus Tin Mining Chairman Brian Moller said. The Mining Operation Plan approval is the end...
New mines heating up
Progress is continuing at a rapid pace at Alphamin’s DRC-based Bisie mine. Last month, Alphamin reported that a US$ 12 million loan had been secured to ease the change in mining method as the site ramps up towards production. This month, Alphamin have reported that...
LME considering China expansion
According to sources at LME Asia Week in Hong Kong, the LME are in talks with the officials in the Guangdong province of China to open a new warehouse. LME warehouses have near-total coverage of the major tin-using countries and regions, and currently, Asia is served...
Short-lived strike briefly threatens Minsur production
It had the potential to significantly disrupt global tin supply, but the mine worker strike at Minsur’s San Rafael tin mine petered out as quickly as it began. On 30 April, Minsur submitted a filing to the Peruvian stock exchange that mine workers had begun an...