Category: Tin

Alphamin Resources is a mainstay bridging the world of rapidly developing technology and the remote territory in DRC’s North Kivu jungles. Alphamin has built, commissioned, and for over a year has been producing tin from its Mpama North mine at Bisie in North Kivu DRC. Alphamin’s operation is a pinprick in the vast jungles of North Kivu DRC, however, its comparative size belies the gigantic role it has and continues to play in the two extreme poles of the rapidly developing fourth industrial revolution and renewable energy sectors, and the dramatic improvement… Read More Here

The mining company Alphamin, located in Mpama Nord in the province of North Kivu, achieved a record production of 2,898 tonnes of tin in the fourth quarter of 2020, indicates a press release relayed by Mining News Pro. This represents a 13% improvement from the previous quarter and exceeds the company’s market forecast of 2,600 to 2,800 tonnes. According to Alphamin, this performance is due to better than expected tin feed qualities and plant recoveries. The processing plant recorded an average recovery of 74% for the quarter, including a record 77% recovery… Read More Here

The Democratic Republic of the Congo produced 18,052 tonnes of cassiterites in the first 9 months of 2020 compared with 16,192 tonnes in the same period in 2019, an increase of 11.4%, according to data from the Central Bank of Congo. A total of 22,601 tonnes of cassiterites were produced over the whole of 2019 against 16,273 tonnes in 2018 and 17,682 tonnes in 2017. Cassiterite, from the Greek kassiteros (tin), represents the main ore for the extraction of tin with a grade that can exceed 78 p. Because of its economic value,… Read More Here

Mining company Alphamine produced 2,739 tonnes of tin in Bisié, North Kivu province, in the second quarter of 2020, exceeding its expected forecast of 2,400 to 2,600 tonnes, Agence Ecofin reports, citing Alphamin Resources, the company active on the project.  This production volume is up 29% compared to the first quarter of 2020, according to the mining company, which explains this performance by the increase in the volumes of ores mined and higher grades. Similarly, the plant’s throughput increased by 8% and its processing capacity was even exceeded, encouraging the… Read More Here