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...
China refined tin exports rise despite restricted Myanmar supply
According to the latest customs statistics, China’s tin ore and concentrate imports in March 2019 totalled 13,056 tonnes, of which 92% originated from Myanmar. We estimate that the tin content of shipments from Myanmar in March was 3,100 tonnes, up 244% month-on-month...
New cheap tin-aluminium alloy may double charge capacity of lithium ion batteries
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, US have demonstrated that a simple manufacturing route can be used to produce a tin-aluminium alloy that may be cheaper and double the charge capacity of today’s copper-graphite anodes for lithium ion batteries. 50-70%...
Tin mining sees recent investment flurry
With tin set to be the metal most impacted by future technologies, and tin supply slowing due to long-term declines in mine grades, new sources of tin need to be found. Junior mining companies are already working to get their development projects off the ground, while...