Tin Industry News

East Kemptville re-start assessed
TSX-listed Avalon Rare Metals is carrying out a preliminary economic assessment of the East Kemptville deposit in Nova Scotia. East Kemptville was Canada’s only major tin mine, a lar......


Draft law to restrict US imports of 'conflict minerals'
Draft legislation to control imports of products containing tin, tantalum and tungsten originating in DR Congo has been introduced into the United States House of Representatives thi......


Yorkville operation to resume production (The Times Leader)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 2:37pm
MARTINS FERRY - Nearly five months after being shutdown, Severstal Wheeling's Yorkville plant will be back up and running starting in December and that could mean more work for anoth......


U.S. Stock-Index Futures Decline as Dell Retreats on Earnings (Bloomberg)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 12:16pm
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures declined, indicating the Standard & Poors 500 Index may erase its weekly advance, as lower-than-estimated earnings at Dell Inc. overs......


TIN PRICE CLOSES LOWER AT US$14,820 PER TONNE (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 4:27am
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) closed lower today, tracking the downtrend in the price of the commodity on the London Metal Exchange (LME), deal......


Relevant Links (AllAfrica.com)
Thu 19 Nov 2009 11:17pm
McDermott said the Congos vast natural resources include coltan, cassiterite, and wolframite as well as valuable derivatives, tantalum, tin, and tungsten. He said these minerals sho......


Royal Mint cashes in as gold market coins it
Thu 19 Nov 2009 8:38pm
Production of gold coins has been dramatically ramped up as demand for the precious metal continues to surge...


CPO futures end lower but rubber, tin higher (Business Times (Malaysia))
Thu 19 Nov 2009 6:23pm
CPO FUTURES CRUDE palm oil (CPO) futures prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed lower on profit-taking yesterday as market players adopted a wait-and-see attitude ahead of the r......


TNR Gold/International Lithium Reports Significant Rare Metal Mineralization and E...
Thu 19 Nov 2009 4:02pm
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 19, 2009) - TNR Gold Corp. ("TNR" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TNR) and wholly-owned International Lithium Corp. ("ILC") are pleased......


Timah cautious on 2010 sales, production plans
Indonesia’s PT Timah is forecasting no change in its global tin sales in 2010 and will only expand production if prices are sustained above UUS$16,000/tonne, company executives told ......