Another record year for Pitinga
Minsur’s consolidated results, released last week, report that tin output from the Pitinga mine in Brazil rose by 2% year-on-year to 6,983 tonnes, a record high since the mine’s acquisition by Minsur in 2008. The Pitinga mine in Brazil saw a 6% year-on-year increase...
China ore imports remain strong in January
China imports of tin ores and concentrates totalled 44,798 tonnes in January with 44,298 tonnes from Myanmar, according to the latest official customs statistics. The estimated tin content of shipments from Myanmar in January was 11,100 tonnes, only 200 tonnes less...
Renison production recovers in 2017
Metals X released its final quarterly report for 2017 in January, which revealed that annual tin production from the Renison mine in Tasmania increased 12.2% to 7,082 tonnes. The increase in annual production reflects the recovery from the disruption to operations in...
Trump executive order targets critical mineral supply
The Trump administration has issued a presidential executive order tasked with ensuring secure and reliable supplies of critical materials through increased private-sector exploration, production, recycling and processing as well as supporting research on...
Peru tin production declines in 2017
Refined tin production by Minsur’s Peruvian operations contracted by 8% to some 18,033 tonnes in 2017, in line with production guidance, as a result of the continuing natural decline in tin grades at the company’s San Rafael Mine. Q4 refined tin production fell 6%...
China ore imports hit December high
According to the latest customs statistics, China's tin ore and concentrates imports in December 2017 totalled 45,295 tonnes, 45,020 tonnes of which originated from Myanmar. We estimate that the tin content of shipments from Myanmar in December was 11,300 tonnes,...
Tin could more than double solar PV efficiency
A discovery by scientists at University of Groningen, Netherlands has shown that tin-based perovskite solar energy materials could more than double solar PV efficiency. The paper, published in the journal Nature, reports that extra ‘hot’ electrons generated by...
Technical advances in tin-based sodium ion battery technology
A series of important technical advances in tin-based sodium ion battery technology were recently published. Korean scientists showed that sodium ion exchange with tin was hundreds of times faster than rates seen in current lithium ion technologies, suggesting...
Stellar adds new tin tenement to portfolio
Australian tin explorer and developer, Stellar Resources (SRZ) has added to its portfolio of Tasmanian tin properties with the recent grant of the Mount Razorback exploration license, which contains the historical Razorback and Grand Prize tin mines and a tailings...