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Tin News
Elementos restarts Spanish tin DFS with modified layout
By: Mariaan Webb 15th May 2024 The definitive feasibility study (DFS) and licensing activities for the Oropesa tin project will resume, following an agreement between Elementos and the Andalusian government on project layout modifications to address community and environmental concerns. The negotiations with government have... →
US tariffs on minerals leave out markets that China dominates
By: Bloomberg 15th May 2024 President Joe Biden just unveiled sweeping tariffs on a range of Chinese imports, including more than two dozen industrial raw materials. But the administration is being careful to avoid the critical minerals where Beijing’s grip on global supply is greatest. The commodities that made the duties... →
Tin prices may see further support from supply risks, rate cuts, analysts say
By: Reuters 14th May 2024 Tin prices, which have rallied in recent months to near two-year highs, could be bolstered further by supply disruptions, ongoing geopolitical conflicts, fund inflows in the event of interest rate cuts and stabilising demand, analysts say. Benchmark three-month tin on the London Metal Exchange... →
Alphamin buoyed by Mpama South plant progress
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 29th April 2024 TSX-V- and JSE-listed Alphamin Resources reports that tin concentrate production from the new Mpama South plant is imminent, with first ore having been successfully introduced on April 28. The final plant commissioning phase is now under way and should result in a ramp-up in tin concentrate... →
How 30 years of democracy has transformed South Africa's mining industry 
By: Martin Creamer 25th April 2024 South Africa’s 30 years of democracy has changed the character of this country’s mining industry profoundly, Minerals Council South Africa emphasised in a report that highlights the industry’s significant advance since the dawning of democracy in 1994. Importantly, South Africa’s highly regarded... →
Congo questions Apple on concerns about use of conflict minerals
By: Bloomberg 25th April 2024 The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government notified Apple of concerns that the company’s supply chain may be tainted by conflict minerals sourced from the central African nation. A group of international lawyers engaged on behalf of the Congolese State sent a list of questions to the US tech... →
Minerals Council South Africa setting out to boost local demand for green hydrogen
By: Martin Creamer 17th April 2024 Minerals Council South Africa is focused on increasing the domestic demand for green hydrogen, which it sees as contributing to the kickstarting of the hydrogen economy in South Africa. “The applications that we’re looking at are stationary as well as mobility applications of using hydrogen... →
Metals spike on LME after Russian supply hit by US, UK sanctions
By: Bloomberg 15th April 2024 Aluminum and nickel surged on the London Metal Exchange as traders responded to new US and UK sanctions that banned deliveries of any Russian supplies produced after midnight on Friday. The new restrictions, aimed at curbing President Vladimir Putin’s ability to fund his military, inject major... →
South Africa's science, innovation dept launches circular minerals, metals initiative
By: Darren Parker 11th April 2024 South Africa's Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), through the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has launched the first of three new government-led collaborative circular economy initiatives focusing on priority economic sectors that were identified by government in... →
DSI technology innovation deputy director general Mmboneni Muofhe
Platinum-linked green hydrogen set to be world’s ‘new oil’, Forbes article highlights 
By: Martin Creamer 10th April 2024 There's no climate solution without hydrogen. It’s the missing piece of the clean energy puzzle, says a global CEO-led initiative that brings together leading companies with a united vision. This initiative has ballooned to 150 multinationals companies from its modest 13-leader 2017 launch at the... →
Hydrogen economy, platinum group metals go together.
Use underground mines for electricity storage, optimise mine water use – Karst Hydro 
By: Martin Creamer 8th April 2024 South Africa’s many underground mines can be used as batteries that store the clean electricity that the water descending for cooling can provide. At the same time, the local community could end up with a utility that supplies them clean water along with a store of cheap and reliable green energy. →
Mines investing R46m to put an end to fall-of-ground fatalities
By: Martin Creamer 5th April 2024 South Africa’s mining industry is investing R46-million in an action plan to eliminate fall-of-ground (FoG) fatalities. The FoG action plan is being implemented through Minerals Council South Africa with the assistance of its Rock Engineering Technical Committee, and supported by the South... →
Uganda to launch first domestic tin processing plant next month
By: Reuters 4th April 2024 Uganda will commission its first tin refining plant in the southwestern region next month, a senior mining ministry official said, as part of efforts to expand capacity and add value domestically to its minerals. President Yoweri Museveni wants to maximise the benefits of exports to the East... →
Andrada increases tin production
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 27th March 2024 Aim-listed Andrada Mining, with a portfolio of mining and exploration assets in Namibia, achieved a 60% year-on-year increase in ore processed to 915 599 t for the financial year ended February 29. Tin concentrate production from the Uis mine increased by 54% year-on-year to 1 474 t and contained... →
Mechanical cutting is going to be key for mining going forward – Master Drilling
By: Martin Creamer 26th March 2024 Mechanical cutting, in which huge progress is being made, is going to be key for the mining industry going forward, Master Drilling CEO Danie Pretorius emphasised on Tuesday, when his Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed company presented a dividend-yielding set of 2023 full-year results that... →
Expect digital unveiling, more innovation, greenness from 100-year-old mining-wired AECI
By: Martin Creamer 22nd March 2024 Mining explosives and chemicals company AECI, which turned 100 this week, will be unveiling a digital strategy for the mining market during the course of this year. It is also looking to become greener as it keeps innovation closest to its rapidly internationalising heart. →
Stage set for mining explosives centenarian to capture global top-three spot
By: Martin Creamer 20th March 2024 The stage is set for proudly South African mining explosives trailblazer, AECI, to become the third biggest in its field globally by 2030, AECI Group chairperson Dr Khotso Mokhele told an enthusiastically applauding audience at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), where the newly strategised... →
Andrada subsidiary enters into N$175m financing deal with Namibian lender
By: Creamer Media Reporter 19th March 2024 African technology metals mining company Andrada Mining reports that its Uis Tin Mining Company (UTMC) subsidiary has entered into a conditional credit-approved N$175-million funding agreement with Bank Windhoek Limited (WBL). As part of the agreement, UTMC has agreed a conditional term sheet for... →
Top treasury official stresses US ambitions for Africa’s metals
By: Bloomberg 19th March 2024 US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo used a five-day trip to South Africa to advertise his country’s ambitions of securing supplies of the metals needed for the global energy transition – materials that abound in Africa. Adeyemo, in a speech to US businesses active in the country, stressed... →
Cornish Metals CEO resigns
By: Creamer Media Reporter 15th March 2024 Richard Williams has resigned as CEO of Cornish Metals, the company advancing the South Crofty tin project, in the UK. Williams will leave the Aim- and TSX-V-listed company on March 31, but will remain available on a consulting basis going forward. →
Andrada ramps up tin, tantalum and lithium production at Uis
By: Marleny Arnoldi 12th March 2024 Aim-listed Andrada Mining has started implementing an ore sorting circuit at the Uis mine, in Namibia, to increase tin concentrate production from 1 500 t/y to 2 600 t/y. This is expected to result in an increase in revenue of up to 75% and a reduction in the all-in sustaining costs of the... →
Metals offer lukewarm reaction to China's economic targets
By: Bloomberg 6th March 2024 Base metals drifted lower as traders assessed China’s 2024 economic goals for clues on the prospects for a significant rebound in the construction sector. Industrial commodities have struggled this year amid a disappointing recovery in the world’s second-largest economy, and investors are... →
Cornish Metals brings forward New Cook’s Kitchen shaft refurbishment
By: Creamer Media Reporter 4th March 2024 Exploration and development company Cornish Metals will start refurbishing the New Cook’s Kitchen (NCK) shaft at the South Crofty tin project, in the UK, ahead of schedule. “This is a key milestone for the project,” said CEO Richard Williams, stating that it demonstrated the confidence that the... →
Indonesia working to approve more nickel, tin quotas
By: Reuters 27th February 2024 Indonesia's Ministry is trying to address delays in approving new mining volume quotas, an official at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said on Monday. The ministry so far has issued approvals for quotas, known by the Indonesian acronym RKAB, for 145-million metric tons of nickel ore... →
Explorer starts Tanganyika-based drill programme
16th February 2024 During January, junior explorer and developer AJN Resources started percussion drilling on its Manono Northeast project in the Tanganyika province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Local Congolese drilling company MB Exploration has been contracted to drill three drill fence lines for... →
Power aggregators seen as key accelerators of South African mining’s energy transition
By: Martin Creamer 13th February 2024 Many energy projects selling to one buyer, who in turn sells to many mines – this procurement model is seen as a key financial tool to accelerate the energy transition of South Africa’s mining industry. “We think the aggregator model can really accelerate the requirements of the mines to get... →
Permanent aerial mesh support, exoskeletons under scrutiny to make mining safer
By: Martin Creamer 9th February 2024 Minerals Council South Africa is looking at the possibility of promoting permanent aerial mesh support throughout the mining industry as part of its fall-of-ground action plan. The Minerals Council has a robust fall-of-ground action plan that targets several dimensions of the biggest contributor... →
Noise-induced hearing loss now highest priority mining health condition, Indaba hears
By: Martin Creamer 6th February 2024 Noise-induced hearing loss has displaced tuberculosis (TB) and silicosis as the top priority health threat in the South African mining industry. “I’m emphasising noise-induced hearing loss because the other diseases have gone down markedly whereas noise-induced hearing loss has not gone down as... →
South Africa’s mining industry now 39% black-owned, Mining Indaba hears
By: Martin Creamer 5th February 2024 In 2004, the year South Africa’s far-reaching Mining Charter was first introduced, black ownership in South Africa’s globally recognised mining industry stood at a negligible 2%. This has now leapt nearly 20 times higher to approximately 39%, South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted in... →
Indonesia's January tin exports slump 99% on delayed work approvals
By: Reuters 5th February 2024 Indonesia exported 0.4 metric tons of refined tin in January, down 99% from the same month last year, Trade Ministry data showed on Monday, as miners faced delays in work plan approvals. On a monthly basis, exports also dropped from nearly 6 000 tons in December. →
AVZ reports updated mineral resource at DRC project
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 31st January 2024 ASX-listed AVZ Minerals has updated the mineral resource of its Manono lithium and tin project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after generating new results from the 2022 to 2023 drilling programme at the Roche Dure pegmatite, with mineral resource delineation drilling at Roche Dure... →
Coal miner Ndalamo pursuing renewable energy, other minerals
By: Martin Creamer 31st January 2024 Coal mining company Ndalamo Resources is actively exploring opportunities in renewable energy and other minerals, paving the way for a diversified and resilient future. Ndalamo CEO Shammy Luvhengo states this in an Op-Ed in relation to the overarching theme of next week's 2024 Investing in... →
Alphamin produced record tin output in 2023
By: Marleny Arnoldi 29th January 2024 JSE- and TSX-V-listed Alphamin Resources has announced record tin production of 12 568 t for the year ended December 31. This exceeded market guidance of 12 000 t and marked a 1% improvement on the production posted for the prior year. →
Tantalex produces tin and tantalum from DRC plant
By: Creamer Media Reporter 29th January 2024 Canada-headquartered Tantalex Lithium has produced its first batch of tin and tantalum concentrates from its Titan plant, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The first batch of 10 t of exportable high-grade industrial and fully traceable tin concentrates has been processed in Manono. An... →
Anglo launches battery raw materials research project with large China recycler
By: Martin Creamer 26th January 2024 South Africa-founded and Johannesburg- and London-listed Anglo American on Friday announced the launch of a research and development project in collaboration with one of China’s largest battery and battery material recyclers. The purpose of the project with Shenzhen-based GEM is to explore new... →
Tin shackled by surplus, but green industry demand poised to mop up supplies
By: Reuters 24th January 2024 The potential for a build-up of tin supplies this year is likely to put pressure on prices, but accelerating demand from the energy transition sector, including solar panels and electric vehicles, should support prices in the future. Tin is used in circuit-board soldering for products like mobile... →
Base metals navigating macroeconomic uncertainties
19th January 2024 With market dynamics presenting a mixed bag of challenges and potential opportunities, base metal nickel, specifically, has experienced notably low prices, averaging at $18 255/t in October 2023, which cross-commodity price reporting agency Fastmarkets says “prompts a cautious re-evaluation of... →
Cadastre imminent, 2024 to be used as year to clear backlogs, says Minerals Minister
By: Martin Creamer 18th January 2024 The introduction of an electronic cadastral system to record and enable online access to mining data is imminent, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe emphasised in an interview with Radio 702 host Clement Manyathela on Thursday. Mantashe disclosed to Manyathela that agreement had... →
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