Yunnan Tin Company has announced a joint venture with partners Singapore Tin Industries to set up a 36,000 tpy integrated tin mining, smelting, refining and products operation on Bangka island in Indonesia.
According to Metal Bulletin the two companies will build the new producer, PT Indo Yunnan Mineral Utama, by acquiring and consolidating existing plants in Bangka and should be able to launch the company soon.
Indo Yunnan’s products will include tin ingots, chemicals, powders and solders, a spokesman for STI said. However the company’s Singapore refinery was expected to continue to produce high purity tin metal, using metal from the Indonesian operation as feed.
