Pirquitas mine begins commercial production
Silver Standard Resources’ Pirquitas silver-tin-zinc mine in Argentina commenced commercial production of silver on 1 December, the company announced. Tin production is expected to follow shortly. At full production the mine will produce 10 million ounces of...Huanuni to construct tailings dam
Bolivian state tin miner Empresa Minera Huanuni (EMH) will invest US$2 million to build a tailings dam in Oruro department’s Poopó, an official from the mining and metallurgy ministry (MMM) told BNamericas. "The company in charge of the project has...Australian government clears Metals X – Yunnan Tin agreement
Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has given its approval to the deal announced in July under which China’s Yunnan Tin Group is to acquire up to 60% of Metals X’s Tasmanian tin assets. The agreement was originally due to have been...Monsoon restricts Indonesian supply
Indonesian private smelters report continuing difficulties in obtaining ore supplies, as monsoon rain and winds have limited mining activity by small-scale miners, according to several reports on Thursday. Some small smelters have been processing tin slag as...New move to listing for China Tin
The Guangxi holding company which includes Liuzhou China Tin is making a second attempt to achieve a stock market listing according to Interfax China. Following a failed attempt to list on the Shanghai stock exchange earlier in the year, the latest plan involves...Chinese tin imports fall
China’s refined tin imports fell to 1,041 tonnes in October, 40% lower than in the same month of last year, according to customs data released today. However year-to-date imports, at 21,153 tonnes, are still running 83% higher than in January-October 2008. This...East Kemptville re-start assessed
TSX-listed Avalon Rare Metals is carrying out a preliminary economic assessment of the East Kemptville deposit in Nova Scotia. East Kemptville was Canada’s only major tin mine, a large low-grade open pit operation owned by Rio Algom producing some 4,000 tpy up...Timah cautious on 2010 sales, production plans
Indonesia’s PT Timah is forecasting no change in its global tin sales in 2010 and will only expand production if prices are sustained above UUS$16,000/tonne, company executives told journalists today. However it will continue to expand its fleet of offshore...Tin trading on London Stock Exchange
Investors can now take speculate on rising tin prices on the London Stock Exchange, using an Exchange Traded Commodity (ETC) product launched by ETF Securities on 12 November. Long cocoa, lead and platinum ETC products were introduced at the same time. The new ETCs...
