Taboca production flat in Q2

Aug 16, 2016

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...

2015 tin production rises at Minsur’s Brazilian operations

Mar 8, 2016

Minsur’s consolidated results for Q4 reveal that total tin-in-concentrate production from the Pitinga mine in Brazil, operated by its subsidiary, Taboca, rose 2% to 5,744 tonnes in 2015. In addition, refined tin production from Taboca’s Pirapora smelter...

Expected production and price increases support Minsur credit rating

Jan 19, 2016

Minsur’s tin production from its operations in Peru and Brazil is forecast to increase from some 26,000 tonnes in 2015 to close to 30,000 tonnes in 2017 in a new analysis by Fitch Ratings. Fitch affirmed a BBB- rating on Minsur bonds, with a stable outlook. In a...

Mixed production results from Minsur’s Brazilian operations

Nov 18, 2015

While production at the Pitinga mine fell in Q3, tin output at the company’s Pirapora smelter rose by 7%. Minsur released its consolidated Q3 results on Monday revealing that its Brazilian subsidiary, Taboca, saw a 21% year-on-year fall in Q3 tin production from its...

Pitinga production capacity to fall 33%

Sep 17, 2015

Peru based tin miner Minsur has announced a 33% reduction in tin production capacity from its Pitinga tin mine in Brazil for nine to twelve months as it carries out emergency repairs. The company was forced to halt production in August following discovery of water...

Brazil boosts Minsur production in 2014

Mar 5, 2015

Minsur’s Q4 2014 consolidated results reveal a 3% increase in total tin production from its Brazilian and Peruvian operations to 29,234 tonnes in 2014 compared to the previous year. This is despite a 5% fall in tin production in Q4 2014 to 7,734 tonnes from the...

Avenue reports first Brazilian drill results

May 9, 2012

ASX-listed Avenue Resources has reported the first results of a 2,000 metre drill programme at the San Lourenco project in Rondonia state, Brazil. The project consists of 3,408 hectares located 200 kilometres from Porto Velho and was a centre of small scale alluvial...