Global tin production sees modest decline in 2023

2023 saw global refined tin production of 370,100 t, representing a decline of 2.1% from 2022. Approximately 59% of this tin originated from just ten leading smelters, whose collective output increased by 856 t. The top two producers remain unchanged, with Yunnan Tin...

Eloro announces maiden tin resource

Eloro Resources has announced its maiden Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) for the Iska-Iska silver-tin project in southern Bolivia, a milestone reached after comprehensive drilling and metallurgical testing. The MRE, compliant with NI 43-101 standards, identifies two...

Eloro advances metallurgy at Iska Iska

Eloro Resources Ltd has highlighted results from its metallurgical update for the Iska Iska silver-tin polymetallic project in southern Bolivia. The Iska Iska project represents a major silver-tin polymetallic porphyritic-epithermal complex located within the province...

Andean announces maiden tin resource

Andean Precious Metals, a major silver producer, has announced an updated Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) for its San Bartolomé mine in Bolivia. The new MRE includes tin for the first time, as well as additional silver mineralisation. Andean announced its San...

Tin the target in San Bartolomé expansion

Andean Precious Metals Corporation (APM) has confirmed the launch of an Expansion Study on its San Bartolomé mine, an important step in its strategic plan to prolong mine-life, which could include the production of tin. The San Bartolomé project, situated in Potosi,...

Huanuni’s Lucianita plant begins operations

Local media in Bolivia is reporting that EM Huanuni has begun operating its Lucianita processing plant. Earlier this year, COMIBOL – the Bolivian mining authority that owns the mine – announced that it would begin operating Lucianita from the beginning of May....

EM Huanuni eyes Lucianita restart

Empresa Minera Huanuni plans to restart the Lucianita processing plant from 1 May, according to an announcement from COMIBOL. The Huanuni mine relies on the aging Santa Elena processing plant. This plant sees the bulk of the 1,500 tonnes processed daily, with some 200...

YTC comes out top in difficult year for tin producers

2020 was a difficult year for tin producers. In many countries, the spread of the coronavirus saw lockdown measures that closed smelters and halted production. In total, ITA estimates that 327,200 tonnes of refined tin were produced in 2020. This was a nearly 8% drop...

Coronavirus cuts Bolivian tin production

The latest statistical data released by the Bolivian government has indicated the severe impact of the coronavirus on tin mining and smelting in the country during the first quarter of 2020. Mining in the country is conducted by the two mines owned by the state mining...