Timah wants good monitoring of new export regulation

In an interview with Bloomberg News, PT Timah President Director Sukrisno said that the state-controlled company can meet new quality regulations for refined tin exports due to come into force on 1 July and wants the authorities enforce them strictly. The company...

More worker protests in Bangka

Around 2,000 small-scale traditional miners held a rally today in front of PT Timah’s head office in Pangkalpinang, Bangka island, Bloomberg reported. The demonstration seems to have been in response to one by PT Timah workers calling for action to halt illegal...

Timah production slumps

Production of tin-in-concentrate by Indonesia’s PT Timah fell by 42% year-on-year to 4,312 tonnes in the first quarter of 2013. While offshore production by the company’s dredges was relatively stable, declining by 15% to 3,681 tonnes, onshore production...

Timah moves forward on Myanmar exploration

Speaking to the Jakarta Post at PT Timah’s annual shareholders meeting yesterday, the company’s President Director Sukrisno gave a progress report on plans to establish a tin business in Myanmar. For its expansion to Myanmar, Timah has secured a...

Timah goes for quality not quantity

Announcing its 2012 financial results today, Indonesia’s state-controlled tin producer PT Timah emphasised that its strategy is to focus on improving sales margins rather than volumes, which it hopes to achieve by pursuing value-added product sales, a reduced...

PT Timah plans Myanmar investments

In an interview with the Jakarta Post newspaper PT Timah President Director Sukrisno provided more details of the company’s plans to establish a production base in Myanmar and also commented on the production outlook for its core operations in Indonesia in...

Timah reveals production and investment plans

Indonesia’s state-controlled tin company PT Timah expects refined tin output to drop to 29.000 -30,000 tonnes this year and remain steady in 2013 as it limits production to boost profits amid weak tin prices, President Director Sukrisno told news agencies and...

Timah production slumps as operations are reorganised

Indonesia’s PT Timah reported a significant fall in its mine and refined tin production in the first three quarters of 2012 and warned that adjustments to its mining operations required by law from 1 October would have a further adverse impact on productivity in...

PT Timah looks at Myanmar investment

Indonesia’s state-controlled tin company PT Timah has asked the government of Myanmar for a mining licence as it seeks to boost revenue and reserves, its chief executive told Dow Jones Newswires. “We expect to start operations in Myanmar from next year...

Timah plans closer controls on small mines

Indonesia’s PT Timah is assessing the work of independent miners that operate in its concessions to ensure adequate ore supplies, a spokesman told Bloomberg. Timah will survey 1,300 small miners and request they re-apply for permits that include an output target...