Tag Archive | "tin ore"

Indonesia May Impose Tax or Quota on Ore Exports

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Reuters reports Indonesia may impose a tax or quota on mineral ore exports.

Tin ore to become scarce

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Global Times.com reports that there is speculation that Tin ore is set to become scarce, as China has not managed their consumption appropriately

U.K. Was Entitled Not to Refer Amalgamated to UN

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Bloomberg.com reports that the U.K. government had reason to not refer Amalgamated Metals Corp for tin ore purchases to the UN for sanctions

PT Timah Increases Offshore Mining Deposits to 70 pct

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 [...]

Indonesian Tin Exports Benefiting from Weather Improvements

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.

Tin Prices: Climbing the Ladder of Recovery

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

As with other industrial metals, the spot price of tin is correlated with inventory levels on the supply side and the global economic recovery on the demand side. Over the last year the spot price of tin on the LME has moved from an average price last April of US $12165.8 per tonne to a current valuation of US $18695 per tonne, a gain of almost 54 percent.

Low prices and creeping demand

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Normally, tin doesn't get a lot of attention. The lowly, non glamorous tin is becoming increasingly important however, overtaking lead as the metal of choice in modern electronics soldering, especially after EU regulations requiring lead-free solders was implemented in 2006. In 2006, tin accounted for 50 per cent of solders; in 2007, that market share grew to 52 per cent.

Will China save the tin market?

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

The price of tin was given a nearly 6 percent boost last week from Yunnan province’s announcement that it would spend about $3 million on building a 100,000 tonne stockpile of tin. The tin stockpile is a part of a wider base metals stockpile plan meant to help support local metals smelters.

Tin bull to make a comeback in near future?

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Although the short-term outlook for tin and other industrial use metals is understandably bleak at the moment, the long-term projections for the dull base metal show it is likely to outshine the majority of its commodity cousins once the current crisis abates.

Congo tin exports to resume Monday

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Exports of cassiterite, the chief tin ore mined today, from the Democratic Republic of Congo will resume on Monday. Dealers in the province of North Kivu and Congolese government officials have been preoccupied with talks the past few weeks over an export tax increase that led to a seven-week strike.

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