New minister to oversee Bolivia’s mining boom

Jan 25, 2012

Bolivian President Evo Morales replaced his mining and energy ministers on Monday in a cabinet reshuffle, Reuters reported. At the mining ministry, former Potosi provincial governor Mario Virreira will replace Jose Pimentel. Potosi province is home to the famous Cerro...

Vinto and OMSA may treat all Bolivian concentrates

Dec 22, 2011

The completion of the expansion project at Bolivia’s Vinto smelter, due next year, will allow the country to treat all tin concentrates produced there. The state-owned company is installing a new Ausmelt furnace which will allow it to produce up to 18,000 tonnes...

Glencore reports solid markets, rising metals production

Nov 24, 2011

Commodities giant Glencore International said output across most of its commodity products rose in the third quarter and its marketing activity “remains solid” despite uncertainty in the financial markets, Dow Jones reported. Marketing and trading...

Tin production by Bolivian state companies falls

Nov 17, 2011

While Bolivia’s state-owned tin enterprises, EM Huanuni and EM Vinto, have ambitious expansion plans for the next few years, their production has declined a little in the first nine months of this year. Production of tin-in-concentrates at the Huanuni mine fell...