Yunnan Tin maintenance shutdown
Yunnan Tin Company began a 35 day regular maintenance shutdown of its main smelter at Gejiu, Yunnan province on Sunday. “The maintenance will not have any impact on products other than tin ingots. It will also have a relatively small impact on company’s...Tin production by Bolivian state companies falls
While Bolivia’s state-owned tin enterprises, EM Huanuni and EM Vinto, have ambitious expansion plans for the next few years, their production has declined a little in the first nine months of this year. Production of tin-in-concentrates at the Huanuni mine fell...Pirquitas tin reserves cut to zero
Silver Standard Resources has published new resource and reserve estimates for its Pirquitas mine in Argentina, which until recently had been expected to be a significant producer of up to 3,000 tonnes per year of tin as a by-product of silver mining. The new...Latest news on Indonesian export halt
Two Bloomberg reports this week have provided some insights into which companies are continuing to export tin in the current quarter and also play down earlier calls for the introduction of a quota system. As previously reported, trade ministry data showed that 5,442...Cookson upbeat on solder sales
In an interim management statement released on 10 November Cookson Group plc said that trading conditions for its electronics division had improved since it last reported in August, although some other parts of the group’s business were experiencing more...Renison produces more ore, less tin
The Renison joint venture operation between Metals X and Yunnan Tin Group and other Chinese investors reported record ore throughput but reduced contained tin production in the September quarter. The Renison mine produced nearly 131,000 tonnes of ore in the three...Stellar takes full control of Heemskirk project
ASX-listed Stellar Resources has agreed to purchase Gippsland Limited’s 40% stake in the Heemskirk project in Tasmania. Stellar will acquire Gippsland’s interest in return for 43.5 million Stellar shares (worth approximately A$ 4 million) and a royalty....Indonesian exports rise despite halt
Provisional data released by the trade ministry today shows that the tonnage of tin metal checked prior to export in October was 5,442 tonnes, 4% higher than in the previous month, despite the agreement by most Indonesian producers to halt sales from 1 October. The...China cuts 2012 export quotas for tin
China released export quotas in 2012 for antimony, indium, tungsten, molybdenum and tin at the end of October. Most of minor metals export quotas are lower in 2012 than in 2011. Export quotas will fall by 5% for tin and tin products to 18,000 tonnes from...
