Refined Bangka Tin to restart production
The Indonesian private tin smelter, PT Refined Bangka Tin (RBT), has announced plans to resume production following a change of management, FastMarkets reported earlier today. In February this year it was announced that operations had ceased due to environmental...
Four China smelters stay closed into September
While most tin smelters in Yunnan, Guangxi and Jiangxi provinces have re-opened recently, four plants which account for 18% of national production will remain idle for up to 40 days. Two new plant closures are reported in provinces other than those affected by the...
Myanmar tin production may have reached peak
Estimated tin production by Myanmar has seen a more than 10-fold increase in the four years to 2015. This is almost entirely due to the rapid growth in a major new mining centre in Wa county, close to the border with China's Yunnan province. The main mining zone,...
Aus Tin produces first tin from Granville
Australian based tin explorer, Aus Tin Mining, has turned producer with the announcement that production of tin concentrate has commenced from the company's Granville Tin Project in Tasmania. The company acquired the Granville project in April 2016 and have...
Taboca production flat in Q2
Minsur's Brazilian subsidiary, Taboca, produced 1,514 tonnes of refined tin in Q2 2016, up 1 tonne on the same period of 2015, according to the company's consolidated operating results, released earlier today. Output from the Pitinga mine totalled 1,680 tonnes of...
Bolivian co-operatives clash with government
Roadblocks and violent protests have been reported in Bolivia in response to changes to laws governing co-operatives in the country, according to local news sources. Mining co-operatives play an important role in Bolivia, which produced 9,093 tonnes of...
Kasbah acquired by AMR
Tin explorer Kasbah Resources Limited, 75% owner of the Achmmach Tin Project in Morocco, has announced its acquisition by TSX-V listed Asian Mineral Resources (AMR), which holds a 90% interest in the operating Ban Phuc Nickel Mine in Vietnam. The mutually agreed deal...
Metals X to split in two
Metals X has announced the completion of a successful A$100.6 million equity capital raising and also confirmed that it intends to separate the company into two businesses in gold mining and base metals. The new base metals unit will include among its assets a 50%...
Timah cuts 2016 production forecast
Indonesian state-controlled tin producer PT Timah will not meet its original production target of 30,000 tonnes this year. The company's corporate secretary, Agung Nugroho, told Reuters today that output is now likely to be between 24,000 and 27,000 tonnes this year....