LME Week ITRI View on Tin
The following piece was written at the invitation of ThomsonReuters as part of a series of articles by analysts on different metals markets. It is titled “Invest in the little one”. PK An investment fund manager told me recently that he might be interested...Indonesian companies plan Jakarta tin market
The deputy chairman of the Indonesian Tin Industry Association, Rudy Irawan, told The Jakarta Post its members would establish the Jakarta Tin Market (JTM) as the sole market for Indonesian tin products. “The JTM will be like a joint company with the task to...All Indonesian producers to halt exports
Following a meeting held on Monday evening with Bangka Belitung Governor Eko Maulana Ali, all Indonesian producers have said that they will halt exports from 1 October in order to support tin prices. Exports will resume if the price recovers to $25,000/tonne, Johan...US may resume tin stockpile sales in 2013
The US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) could potentially resume disposals of small quantities of tin from 2013, American Metal Market reported. The National Defense Stockpile Market Committee has called for market comment on the impact of DLA Strategic Materials’...China tin imports rise in August
China imported 1,605 tonnes of refined tin in August, the highest level since August 2010, according to the latest China Customs data. Although the import of refined tin in August is up by 123% m-o-m, the total import in January-August of this year still decreased by...Traders in queue for tin
Currently more than 3,000 tonnes of tin is due to be shipped out of LME warehouses, but actual movements of metal have been quite slow. Total opening stocks in exchange warehouses on 20 September stood at 21,020 tonnes, of which 3,320 tonnes were cancelled warrants...Kasbah filling in the Gap
ASX-listed Kasbah Resources has reported encouraging exploration drilling results in an area between the two mineralized zones included in its current resource model for its Achmmach project in Morocco. Ore grading between 0.48% and 2.37% Sn has been found in the Gap...Venture makes mining application for Mt Lindsay
ASX-listed Venture Minerals Limited announced the submission of a Mining Lease Application for the Company’s flagship Mt Lindsay Tin/Tungsten Project in northwest Tasmania. The MLA was submitted to the Registrar of Mines, Mineral Resources Tasmania on 15...Hong Kong group takes stake in Mt Garnet project
Consolidated Tin Mines has secured a Hong Kong-based cornerstone investor for its Mt Garnet tin project in Queensland following an initial A$1.6 million placement in the emerging miner. Snow Peak International Investment took up the placement, the first tranche in a...
