Oropesa development strategy defined
Elementos, who acquired the Oropesa tin project in July 2018, announced a three-phase plan for the mine's development on 19 February. Oropesa, located in the Andalucia region of southern Spain, is a hard-rock tin deposit amenable to open-pit extraction methods, with...
Renison tin output record
Renison mine produced a record amount of tin in January, according to Damien Marantelli, managing director of Metals X. The mine, located on the west coast of Tasmania, is a joint-venture between Metals X and Yunnan Tin Group. In the final quarter of 2018, the mine...
First tin at Granville East
Aus Tin Mining today announced that mining has commenced at its Granville East Mine in Tasmania, with the first block averaging 2.1% tin. In April, the company was awarded approval to increase its processing limit upwards to some 40,000 tonnes and to resume mining at...
Tin in lithium-ion batteries could represent significant new use
The International Tin Association has released a new report comprehensively detailing its latest research on potential new market opportunities for tin in lithium-ion batteries. It is concluded that if tin does gain market share, lithium-ion batteries could grow to...
Breakthrough for 3D tin electrodes in lithium-ion batteries
Researchers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US have announced a performance breakthrough for their innovative 3D tin electrodes in lithium-ion batteries. The new technology stored several times the energy of currently used commercial high capacity...
AfriTin to increase Uis Phase 1 capacity
Following its successful first ore blast at its Uis asset in Namibia, AfriTin Mining has today announced that the Phase 1 production plant will be modified to increase capacity. The Uis mine was originally discovered by Iscor of South Africa in 1911 but was closed in...
Top 10 refined tin producers increase production by 2%
ITA reports that four of this year's top 10 refined tin producers saw an increase in production in 2018, including three of the five biggest companies. In China, production changes were split, although the world's largest refined tin producer, YTC, saw an increase in...
December Myanmar ore shipments down sharply year-on-year
According to the latest customs statistics, China’s tin ore and concentrate imports in December 2018 totalled 18,162 tonnes, 17,667 tonnes of which originated from Myanmar. We estimate that the tin content of shipments from Myanmar in December was 4,800 tonnes, up 20%...
Indonesian tin exports up in December
Data released by the Indonesian Ministry of Trade (MOT) on 11 January 2019 revealed that Indonesia exported 5,260 tonnes of refined tin in December, up 51% on the previous month. However, in Q4, exports totalled some 13,800 tonnes, the lowest quarterly total in 2018....