China refined tin imports drop sharply in May

Jun 29, 2015

China refined tin imports dropped 69% from 1,070 tonnes in April to 333 tonnes in May. The May figure also represents a 48% reduction compared to the same month of 2014. Although the arbitrage gap was wider than in April, a lack of market interest and sufficient...

China tin imports boom in April

Jun 10, 2015

China tin imports boomed in April 2015, particularly imports of tin concentrates. China tin concentrate imports had declined over 4 months since last December. But the trend was reversed from mid-April, when concentrate imports grew 193% year-on-year and hit...

YTC forecasts decline in Myanmar tin production

Jun 2, 2015

The Yunnan Tin Company (YTC) has forecast diminishing tin production from Myanmar over the next few years from their estimate of 24,000 tonnes of tin mined in the country in 2014. In 2014, after 6 years as a net importer of refined tin, China became a net exporter of...