The International Tin Association welcomes MMR
The International Tin Association (ITA) is pleased to announce that Democratic Republic of Congo tin producer, Mining Minerals Resources (MMR) has joined its membership. Representing the world’s major tin producers, ITA is the world authority on tin and at the...Alphamin hits new record, mine not for sale
Alphamin‘s latest quarter saw the company achieve record tin production, surpassing levels set in the previous period. During the second quarter, the company mined some 112,600 tonnes of ore from its Mpama North mine, part of its growing Bisie complex. Despite...Tantalex acquires final Manono tailings, moves to begin drilling
Tantalex Resources has announced that it has signed a binding agreement with MINOR SARL to acquire the entirety of the tailings at Manono. The Manono mine, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was worked extensively between 1919 and the mid-1980s. During that...Goma hazards disrupt tin exports
Geological hazards near Goma, on the border of the DR Congo and Rwanda, have temporarily disrupted tin concentrate supply. On Saturday, 22 May 2021, the Nyiragongo volcano just north of the city erupted. Several earthquakes have followed in the days since – the...AVZ mulling separate tin project at Manono
AVZ Minerals is considering a separate alluvial tin operation near to its Manono lithium-tin project. Currently, Manono has a Mineral Resource Estimate of some 400 million tonnes ore containing some 287,600 tonnes of tin. Despite its enormous resource, AVZ’s tin is...AVZ agrees tin offtake
AVZ Minerals has announced that it has signed a three-year offtake deal with Kalon Resources to sell 600 tonnes of tin concentrate per year. Kalon Resources is a subsidiary of Noble Resources, a significant trader of tin concentrates, sourcing from Africa and South...Alphamin beats guidance, aims to increase production further
Alphamin beat guidance to produce nearly 2,900 tonnes of tin-in-concentrate in the final quarter of 2020. Tin production at the company’s Mpama North mine increased 13% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to post a new quarterly record. The output of 2,898 tonnes of...Alphamin exempt from DRC smelting requirements
Reuters has reported that Alphamin are now exempt from export rulings that required miners to smelt concentrates within the DRC. According to the news agency, miners producing cobalt, tin, tungsten, tantalum, and/or copper were required to upgrade their concentrates...Alphamin plans Bisie improvements
Alphamin Resources plans to further improve tin recovery at its Bisie mine, while expanding the Mineral Resource into the Mpama South ore body. A lot of work has gone into improving the processing plant at Bisie. “When we first commissioned the gravity concentration...
