Comibol’s Huanuni mine in Bolivia produced 708 tonnes of tin-in-concentrate in October, according to local press reports quoted by BN Americas. “It’s an acceptable figure considering that there have been no concrete investments,” the general secretary of the Huanuni miners union Miguel Pérez said.
Average monthly production at the mine in the first half of this year was 638 tpm, while prior to the incorporation of co-operative workers into the operation last November it was some 350 tpm. The company is planning investments of some US$40 million in the next few years which could boost output to 850 tpm early next year and over 1,000 tpm by 2009.
