Mt Lindsay pre-feasibility study results announced
Venture Minerals Limited has published summary results from a newly completed pre-feasibility study on its Mt Lindsay tin-tungsten-magnetite project in northern Tasmania. Compared to a scoping study published last May, the planned scale and capital cost of the project...South Korea ups copper, tin targets
South Korea’s Public Procurement Service (PPS) said in a statement on 23 February that it would raise its inventory targets for copper and tin in 2011 to a respective 80 and 75 days of import demand, signalling the launch of a broader restocking effort through...Revival in Perak mining possible
In a recent online discussion, local Reuters reporters described hopes of a revival in tin mining in Malaysia’s Perak state, which until the 1980s was the world’s most important centre of tin production. The discussion was based on an interview with Perak...Australian tin assets changing hands
The tin price boom has resulted in a marked increase in activity by Australian junior mining companies, who are taking the opportunity to raise capital, boost exploration and development activity or dispose of assets. Two examples of this recently are Monto...Indonesian exports up in January
Indonesia shipped 7,334.65 tonnes of refined tin in January, compared with 6,774.57 tonnes a year earlier, trade ministry data showed. "Exports were higher compare to January 2010 because exporters rushed to ship the metal because of record prices," Junaedi,...Nickel and tin had fastest growth rates in 2010
Preliminary data on world supply and demand for all the LME metals in 2010 published this week by the World Bureau of Metals Statistics (WBMS) showed that nickel and tin registered the fastest growth in apparent consumption last year. WBMS calculates apparent...PT Timah expects further decline in production
Indonesia’s state-controlled PT Timah , estimated its refined tin production this year at between 37,000 and 40,000 tonnes. The miner earlier this month said refined tin production in 2010 was 40,413 tonnes, which was down from 45,086 tonnes in 2009 as heavy...Interest in physical tin ETF picks up
Interest in the physical tin ETF (exchange traded fund) is starting to pick up. Following the launch of this product on 10 December last year, initial sales were very small, amounting to only 80 tonnes up to 30 January. However since then the total has moved up to 405...Jump in Minsur sales and profits
Higher tin prices boosted Peruvian tin miner Compania Minera Minsur SA’s fourth-quarter net profit to 315.8 million soles (US$114 million), compared with PEN202.1 million in the same quarter a year earlier, Dow Jones reported. Fourth quarter net sales were...
