Consolidated Tin announces merger and new resource figure
North Queensland-based Consolidated Tin Mines announced that it had reached agreement to acquire all the assets of partner company Snow Peak Mining in return for shares and notes which would eventually give SPM a 68% equity share in the ASX-listed company if the deal...PT Timah holds back on sales
First quarter results belatedly published by PT Timah on 30 June showed that it had boosted production but reduced sales in January-March. In interviews with the Jakarta Post and Reuters last week, the state-controlled company’s President Director Sukrisno said...Consolidated Tin update on Mt Garnet project
Consolidated Tin Mines completed a 6,481 metre drill program at Gillian deposit as part of the Mt Garnet Tin Project. Results from this program will be included in a JORC Resource Review as part of the Gillian Deposit Definitive Feasibility Study. The Company also...Oropesa resource upgrade
Eurotin Inc has provided a resource update on its Oropesa tin project in south west Spain. At a 0.1% Sn cut off, the updated mineral resource contains 54,690 and 16,078 tonnes of contained tin in the indicated and inferred classification categories, respectively, an...Solder to get permanent exemption from Indonesian export rule
Indonesia plans to reverse a rule that would have forced all tin solder exports to trade on a local exchange from January next year, Reuters reported. In a bid to halt illegal mining and give Indonesia greater control over prices, a regulation last August forced all...Indonesian exports surge in May
Preliminary data released by the trade ministry today shows that the tonnage of tin checked prior to export in May more than doubled compared to April and was up by 25% compared to May 2013. The total tonnage was 12,778.8 tonnes, comprising 11,540.3 tonnes of ingots,...Shanghai Futures Exchange plans to launch tin futures in 2014
“We are preparing to launch tin, nickel, alumina and rare earth futures currently. Tin and nickel will be introduced within this year.” said Mr. Yang Maijun, director of Shanghai Futures Exchange at the 10th Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum. Shanghai...China refined tin trade reflects local surplus
Although it is not immediately clear from the customs data, it looks like an over-supplied local market and a low domestic price relative to the LME has turned China into a net exporter of tin metal in the first four months of 2014, although it remains a large...East Kemptville revival being re-examined
Avalon Rare Metals Inc plans to launch a small exploration drilling program to confirm historic resources and conduct a NI 43-101 compliant Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) of a re-opening of the East Kemptville mine near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. East Kemptville...
