Researchers push forward on tin heat harvesting materials
Several teams of researchers have published new results for tin selenide heat harvesting materials that can be used to convert waste heat to electricity. Tin selenide has been known for some time to be the ‘most promising’ candidate for such materials but there has...
Tin enables next generation high energy lithium and sodium batteries
New research has confirmed that tin can protect lithium and sodium electrodes and prevent them from breaking down in use, bringing closer a breakthrough to a completely new generation of high energy lithium and sodium-ion batteries. This type of electrode is...
PT TIMAH production falls significantly in Q1
The Indonesian state-run tin producer, PT TIMAH, has released its results for the first quarter of 2018 which reveal a 23% year-on-year decline in refined tin production to 5,361 tonnes, the lowest quarterly output since Q1 2016. Production of tin ore by the company...
China ore imports decline drastically in March
According to China’s latest customs statistics, the country’s imports of tin ore and concentrate from Myanmar totaled 7,942 tonnes in March 2018 with an estimated tin content of 2,000 tonnes, down 59% from February and 55% year-on-year. The estimated tin metal content...
LME launches responsible sourcing plan
The London Metals Exchange (LME) has announced that all companies trading on the exchange must comply with OECD responsible sourcing guidelines, or risk being delisted. The move, announced earlier this month at the OECD in Paris, follows reports that LME-traded cobalt...
Export license rule change restricts Indonesian shipments
Changing rules regarding the granting of export permits for Indonesian tin producers have restricted shipments of refined tin since early March. Customs data revealed shipments fell to 5,469 tonnes in March, down from 7,207 tonnes in February, while Indonesian...
Renison output down slightly ahead of ore sorter completion
Australian miner Metals X’s Q1 activities report has revealed that production from the Renison tin mine in Tasmania fell to 1,725 tonnes in Q1, down 3.3% year-on-year and 3.4% from Q4 2017. The small drop in tin output compared to the last quarter of 2017 was due to...
Aus Tin commence Granville expansion
Aus Tin Mining (ASX-ANW) have announced the execution of a contract with Jemrok Pty Ltd. to carry out mining activities and construction of a new tailings storage facility for the level 2 expansion of its Granville tin operation in western Tasmania. The new tailings...
Tin makes solid state sodium-ion battery super conductive
Scientists at Pennsylvania State and Pacific Northwest universities in the US have developed a super conductive material for solid state sodium ion batteries using tin. The new material is based on the sodium-phosphorus-sulphur family of solid electrolytes, similar to...