Minsur reports lower Q3 tin production
Tin miner Minsur has published its Q3 2015 individual results, which show that tin production from the San Rafael mine in Peru fell 15% to 4,852 tonnes during the quarter compared to the same period of the previous year, mostly due to anticipated lower head grades....Bisie resource estimate boosted
Canadian listed Alphamin Resources Corp (AFM: TSXV) has announced a 30% increase of its Indicated Mineral Resources to 3.94 Mt of ore at 3.94% Sn, or 155,300 tonnes of contained tin, at the Mpama North target of the company’s Bisie Tin Project in North Kivu,...Thomson Resources makes new discovery at Bygoo
ASX listed Thomson Resources has confirmed the discovery of a new, high grade tin greisen at its Bygoo North tin prospect, north of the Ardlethan tin mine in New South Wales, Australia, following a recent programme of exploratory drilling. Drill hole locations were...Mawchi mines to reopen after landslide deaths
Operations are set to resume at the Mawchi tin and tungsten mines in Kayah State, Myanmar, following a halt caused by a nearby landslide on October 13th that resulted in 28 deaths and the displacement of more than 500 others. The landslides and deaths occurred in a...Abu Dabbab project still in limbo following expropriation dispute
Arrowhead Resources Ltd. (formerly Gippsland Ltd.) has released its annual report which includes details of an alleged expropriation of the Abu Dabbab Tantalum-Tin-Feldspar project from the company by the Egyptian government earlier this year. Arrowhead Resources had...Certification delays could slash Indonesia November exports
Only three Indonesian tin companies are so far ready to meet new export rules due to be introduced next month, Reuters reported, quoting Jabin Sufianto, president of the Indonesian Association of Tin Exporters (AETI). From 1 November Indonesian tin exporters must...China clamps down on hidden tin exports
Favourable price arbitrage since the end of September should have encouraged Chinese tin exports, at least for tin products which are exempt from the 10% export duty charged on refined tin ingot. However this is not evident in the latest official trade statistics...Indonesia President to call for Apple investment in tin
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo will next week ask tech giant Apple to invest directly in sustainable tin mining, a senior cabinet minister told Reuters. The President will travel to Washington and San Francisco on a five-day trip starting 25 October in the...Kasbah looks at small-scale start for Achmmach project
In its latest quarterly report Kasbah Resources said it was evaluating options to move ahead with early production from its Achmmach project in Morocco on a smaller scale than had been considered in the latest enhanced feasibility study published in March this year....
