Elementos reveals new development strategy
ASX-listed tin explorer and developer, Elementos Ltd., has announced a new, two-stage, development strategy focussing on the hard-rock open pit and underground resource at its 100% Cleveland Tin Project in Tasmania, detailed in a recent corporate presentation for...
Indonesian tin exports robust in Q1
Indonesian tin exports totalled 18,018 tonnes in Q1, up by 3.1% compared to the final quarter of 2016, and up 86% year-on-year. Exports in January, February and March, totalled 6,964 tonnes, 4,911 tonnes and 6,143 tonnes respectively, varying in broad relation to the...
Bolivian mine production falls in 2016
Official statistics from Bolivian Ministry of Minerals and Metals reveal that while drought and delayed investment have impacted mined tin output, which fell 13.3% year-on-year to 17,460 tonnes in 2016, refined tin production rose 8.7% to 16,810 tonnes over the same...
Water treatment trials completed at South Crofty
Strongbow Exploration Inc. (TSX-V: SBW) has announced the success completion of water treatment trials at its South Crofty tin project, located in Cornwall, UK. The company is now planning to submit an application to the UK Environment Agency ("EA") for a mine waste...
Myanmar shipments hit seasonal low
Latest official customs statistics released by China last week report February imports of tin ore and concentrate from Myanmar totalled 8,641 tonnes (gross weight), unchanged from February 2016, but down 72% compared to January. The latest data is unsurprising, as it...
The top 10 refined tin producers of 2016
ITRI reports that four of the top ten refined tin producers saw output rise in 2016, while six saw a decline, including half of the top four companies. The data was reported directly to ITRI, with augmentation using published information. Of the four Chinese companies...
Pitinga outlook positive after record year
Minsur's consolidated results, released last week, report that tin output from the Pitinga mine in Brazil rose by 20% year-on-year to 6,875 tonnes, a record high since the mine's acquisition by Minsur in 2008, while refined tin produced at the Pirapora smelter in...
Timah report improved financials for 2016
The Indonesian state tin company, PT Timah, reported a 148% increase in profits to Rp 251.97 billion (~US$18.9 million) in 2016, despite a fall in mine and refined tin production to 24,121 and 23,756 tonnes respectively, according to an official press release by the...
Tin International signs binding JV agreement
Tin International AG, 61.5% owned by Deutsche Rohstoff AG, has announced that it has signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding with Lithium Australia NL to establish a Joint Venture Company (JV). Tin International's Sadisdorf tin deposit in the Erzgebirge region of...