Indonesian government plans to stop small business miners in its main tin-producing Bangka-Belitung island for the next four years due to damage on its 657,510 hectares of forest areas in Bangka-Belitung. Governor Eko Maulana Ali is quoted saying: “Traditional Tin mining has been expanding. Farmers and fishermen have now switched to mine Tin.” Click here [...]
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tin dealers in Malaysia expects that Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) stays firm. According to the dealers the tin trade will likey be above US$17,300 per tonne as Malaysian and European buyers are expected to be active. One of the dealers is quoted saying: “The market was traded mostly lower this week, so we expect [...]
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
PT Timah (Persero) Tbk, Indonesia’s largest tin producer, is planning to increase its offshore mining deposits. The company’s Offshore mining may account for 60% to 70% this year. It is also forced to reduce sourcing tin ore from its onshore mines in Bangka-Belitung islands, Indonesia’s main source of tin. President Director Wachid Usman is quoted [...]
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
An increase in shipments of Indonesian refined tin exports reported in April was partially the result of a return to more favorable weather conditions from the first three months of this year.
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) will be on a stable condition since Malaysian and European buyers of tin will be active to trade above US$17,300 per tonne. One of the dealers is quoted saying: “The market was traded mostly lower this week, so we expect to see more buying support next week as prices are [...]
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Fired Earth, a high street store, has chosen Impress UK to supply the cans for its new range of paints they call the National Trust. Impress UK produces about 60 million tin cans for paints and coatings at its Norwich site every year. And this project will help them reinvent their business. Matt Sykes, UK [...]
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
South Crofty and Cornwall, world’s leading producer of metals such as tin, zinc, copper, silver, and more, will be opening a lot of work for the people in England. Barry Wills is quoted saying: “The present historic resource consists of 53 identified potential orebodies in the South Crofty area, containing varying amounts of copper, zinc, [...]
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Venture Minerals Ltd has discovered an important tin-tungsten-mineralised zone at its flagship Mt Lindsay tin-tungsten deposit. The project is located 125km, by sealed road, from the Port of Burnie in north-west Tasmania. Venture is quoted saying: “Having completed the resource drilling the Company engaged several specialist consultants to produce the first independent scoping study in [...]
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The Tinplate Company of India Ltd has reported a (US$23 million) profit on pre-tax in the financial year to March 2010. The company is expecting a 379,000 tpy tin plate expansion by the end of 2010-2011 financial year. TCIL Managing Director Tarun Daga told a press conference, “Our company will continue its strategic thrust of [...]
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Silver Standard Resources, a Vancouver based company has cut the production of tin in its Pirquitas mine in Argentina. The usual 900 tonnes previously forecast and a planned annual capacity of 2,500 tpy has been decreased to 400 tonnes. In a statement the company said that “the tin circuit is commissioned and will be operated [...]
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