China ore imports fall sharply in February
According to the latest customs statistics, China’s tin ore and concentrate imports in February 2018 totalled 19,561 tonnes. 19,488 tonnes was imported from Myanmar with an estimated tin content of 4,900 tonnes, less than half of January levels. The estimated tin...
Nigerian government to tackle illegal mining
The Federal Government of Nigeria announced last week that it had commissioned 50 operation vehicles to bolster the efforts of its Special Mines Surveillance Task Force and State Minerals Resources and Environmental Management Committee to crackdown on illegal mining...
DRC mineral royalty increases with mining code revision
DRC’s mining code has been signed into law introducing various fiscal and regulatory reforms, including an increase in mining royalties for tin to at least 3.5%. Revision of the code was concluded by parliament in late January and signed into law by President Kabila...
Kasbah explores ore sorting potential
Australia-listed Kasbah Resources Limited has announced the promising results of ore sorting test-work for its Achmmach Tin Project in Morocco. Testing included processing of a two-tonne ore sample from the project in February 2018. Results indicated that...
Advances in development of liquid tin for concentrated solar power plants
A team at Georgia Institute of Technology, US has published advances in its development of liquid tin for use as a heat transfer agent in concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. CSP uses large scale arrays of reflectors of different kinds to concentrate heat from...
PT TIMAH production rebounds in 2017
The Indonesian state-owned tin producer, PT TIMAH, has released its 2017 results which reveal that tin-in-concentrate production from mining operations rose 29% to 31,178 tonnes, while refined tin production increased 27% year-on-year to 30,249 tonnes. The increased...
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...