Myanmar peace process meeting delayed
The second meeting of Aung San Suu Kyi's 21st Century Panglong peace process, which was originally scheduled for mid-February, appears to have been postponed and is not expected to be held until mid-March at the earliest. The peace process has been closely followed by...
PT Timah renews commitment to tin industry body ITRI
Indonesian tin producer PT Timah has renewed its commitment to the global tin industry association ITRI as a key step forward in its mission to be a leading mining company in a world increasingly driven by sustainability issues. Representing the world's major tin...
China tin trade subdued in January
Latest official customs statistics released by China last week showed that the country's tin ore and concentrate imports from Myanmar fell by 57% year-on-year to 31,359 tonnes (gross weight) in January, predominantly due an earlier Chinese Spring Festival holiday...
Huanuni problems continue in 2016
Bolivia's state-owned Huanuni tin mine made a loss of US$6.7 Million last year, according to local news sources, as government statistics show that underinvestment and widespread drought resulted in a 25% year-on-year fall in tin-in-concentrate production in 2016 to...
Positive PEA for South Crofty
Strongbow Exploration has reported results of an independent, NI 43-101 compliant, Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for its 100%-owned South Crofty tin project in Cornwall, UK, which indicates the project is potentially economically viable and technically...
Minsur’s Peruvian production down in 2016
Individual Q4 results for Minsur's Peruvian operations, released today, reveal refined tin production totalled 19,573 tonnes in 2016, down 3.2% from 2015. Despite a 20% year-on-year fall in refined production to 5,023 tonnes in Q4, 2016 production guidance of 19kt to...
YTC announce Dulong expansion
The Yunnan Tin Company has approved a Yuan 2.6 billion (US$375 million) investment plan to expand production from the Wenshan Dulong zinc-indium-tin-copper mine by some 70%, it was reported in a statement filed with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on January 11. The...
Renison output down in 2016
Metals X released its final quarterly report for 2016 in January, which reveals a 2.9% QOQ increase in tin-in-concentrate production to 1,768 tonnes from the Renison tin mine in Tasmania. However, the output for 2016 totalled 6,314 tonnes, down 7.4% from the...
Mining lease approved for Heemskirk
Stellar Resources has reported that a Mining Lease has been granted by the Tasmanian Minister for Resources for its 100% owned Heemskirk Tin Project. Associated rights of the Mining Lease (ML) conferred to Stellar's subsidiary, Columbus Metals Limited, include the...