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Promising DFS completed at Bisie
Alphamin Resources Corp, (TSX-V: AFM) have announced completion of a feasibility study and new ore reserve for its 84.55% owned Bisie Tin Project in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Probable Mineral Reserves for the Bisie project total 3.04 Mt at 3.76% Sn, or 114,366 tonnes of tin, using a 1.8% cut-off grade. This is an upgrade of the October 2015 mineral resource, which outlined total inferred and indicated resources of 4.76 Mt of ore at 4.08% Sn, or...
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Roland Chavasse joins iTSCi Governance Committee
iTSCi are delighted to welcome Roland Chavasse, the newly appointed director of the Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center (T.I.C.) to the iTSCi Governance Committee. Roland has a wealth of experience in metals and mining, coming from a background that includes both commerce and trade association management. He plans to use his experience and knowledge to help support and develop the work of iTSCi in the African Great Lakes Region with a focus primarily on tantalum. He replaces Ulric Schwela, the...
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PT Refined Bangka Tin announces end to tin operations
Major private Indonesian tin miner and smelter, PT Refined Bangka Tin (RBT), has announced plans to end all its tin operations and scrap its smelting and refining facility due to environmental concerns, Reuters reported yesterday.
Tomy Winata, the founder of RBT's holding company, the Artha Graha Group, told Reuters: "All Indonesian shareholders and Singaporean partners have agreed to cease operation [sic] ... The area will be made a conservation area. The refinery won't be sold, but will be scrapped."...
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Myanmar tin ore exports shoot to record highs in January
Latest official customs statistics released by China yesterday reveal tin ore imports from Myanmar in January soared to an all-time record of 72,436 tonnes (gross weight), a 239% year-on-year increase. The figure also represents a 66% rise from the 43,531 tonnes imported in December.
Current understanding is that the increase was a result of two key factors, the first being that production from a new mining area in Myanmar's Wa County has increased. It is believed that 70 -...
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Minsur production lower in 2015 in line with guidance
Individual Q4 results for Minsur's Peruvian operations, released yesterday, reveal refined tin production totalled 20,224 tonnes in 2015, 17% lower than 2014, meeting production guidance and helped by a 2% year-on-year increase in Q4 refined tin output to 6,300 tonnes.
Despite the slight increase in refined output during Q4, production from the San Rafael mine fell 18% year-on-year to 5,129 tonnes during the quarter, primarily due to a fall in head grades from 2.48% Sn in Q4 2014 to...
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Khinganolovo project progress update
Hong Kong-based, Khingan Resources, is an exploration company actively developing its Khinganolovo tailings project within the Maly Khingan orefield in Russia's Far East.
The Khinganolovo tailings were created during mining operations at the Khinganskoye deposit between 1945 and 2005. From 2014, the company contracted out exploration work at the tailings dumps and has since defined JORC-compliant reserves and completed a DFS for the project. The project is located in a well-developed area with access to water, roads and...
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Regulation and flooding curb Indonesian tin operations
Preliminary data from the Indonesian trade ministry has revealed that the country exported 2,486 tonnes of tin in January, down 63% from the 6,770 tonnes exported in January last year, while recent flooding on the island of Bangka is expected to affect tin operations in February.
There are three inter-related regulatory factors currently affecting sales, two of which are new. The first factor is that producers need permission to export (PE) letters, which give them a maximum permissible tonnage...
