Myanmar tin shipments drop to lower levels
The tin content of Myanmar ore and concentrate shipments to China in June and July was estimated by the International Tin Association (ITA) at 4,300 tonnes and 3,700 tonnes respectively, down 19% and 38% year-on-year. The estimated tin content of Myanmar shipments...
Renison output down as new ore sorter is commissioned
Australian miner Metals X’s Q2 activities report has revealed that production from its 50%-owned Renison tin mine in Tasmania fell to 1,418 tonnes in Q2 2018, down 16.7% year-on-year and 17.7% from Q1. The lower tin production was primarily due to lower tin head...
Kasbah delivers new DFS and updated ore reserve
ASX-listed tin exploration and development company, Kasbah Resources, has published details of a new Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) and Ore Reserve increase for its 75%-owned Achmmach tin project in Morocco The new DFS envisages a 10-year underground tin operation...
Tin output from Inner Mongolia set to expand
A visit to tin operations in the Inner Mongolia region of China by ITA staff at the end of May 2018 has revealed that mine production in the province may reach 17,400 tpy in the next five years, up from 6,500 tonnes in 2017. Inner Mongolia is currently the...
Major lithium producer patents lithium tin for batteries
The world's largest mine-to-metal lithium producer FMC Corporation, US has published the latest in its series of patents on lithium compounds containing tin, silicon or both for lithium-ion batteries. Both tin and silicon can alloy with lithium ions to store energy...
Tin Phosphide layers ideal for sodium-ion batteries
Researchers have been discovering that layers in the crystal structure of tin phosphide make it an ideal electrode for sodium-ion batteries. Sodium ion batteries work similarly to lithium-ion batteries by using electrode materials that can absorb and store sodium...
Steel merger to shake-up European tinplate industry
European steel and tinplate producers Tata Steel and ThyssenKrupp have finalised merger plans by signing definitive JV agreements, with potential implications for the domestic tinplate industry. The new company, to be named ThyssenKrupp Tata Steel, could make annual...
Optical ore-sorting applied to Australian tin operations
Metals X has reported that commissioning of an optical ore-sorting plant has commenced at its Renison tin mine in Tasmania. Meanwhile, Aus Tin Mining has reported positive results for preliminary ore-sorting test work on ore from its Taronga tin project in New South...
Outotec to deliver Ausmelt for TIMAH
Indonesian state tin producer, PT TIMAH, has agreed to a deal for the design and delivery of a new tin smelter with Finnish firm, Outotec, based on their Ausmelt Furnace technology. The delivery of the furnace is expected to take two years, with completion targeted by...