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DRC’s 2022 Tin Export Surge,32,000 Tons Sold for $428.8 Million

February 12, 2023February 12, 2023 Constance

Tin exports in 2022 are valued at 32,854 tons for an estimated market value of USD 428.8 million, according to statistics from the Ministry of Mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Of this volume of tin exported, 24,307 tons come from industrial exploitation and generated revenues of around 318.9 million USD. As for the artisanal exploitation, it exported 8,546 tons bringing in 109.8 million USD during the year 2022. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tin is produced in the two Kivus, in Maniema and in Katanga. Among… Read More Here

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The price of tin has almost doubled over one year to 23,724.00 USD per tonne

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 arnbethnic

The price of tin has almost doubled over a year and is on the verge of recording its strongest annual increase in more than thirty years (30 years), note experts in the sector. On the international market, tin is trading at 23,724.00 USD per ton on the London Stock Exchange this Monday, December 19, 2022, an increase of around +0.53%. According to some experts, this surge in the price of tin is putting pressure on the sectors of activity that use it as soldering agents. For automakers – where it… Read More Here

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JOHN ROBERTSON APPOINTED MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ALPHAMIN, THE FIRST TIN PRODUCER IN THE DRC

December 20, 2022December 26, 2022 Constance

African tin production is dominated by Namibia and the DRC. In Congo, IT is the only company active in industrial mining, with 12,622 tons of cassiterite (ore containing tin) in the first half of 2022, according to official data. In the DRC, Alphamin Bisie Mining (ABM) will now be headed by John Robertson Subject to regulatory approval, he will succeed current CEO Jan Trouw, said a December 14 statement issued by Alphamin Resources, which holds an 84% stake in ABM. Robertson is a mining specialist with 30 years of experience in… Read More Here

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Tin must tame its wildness to meet coming demand surge

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022 arnbethnic

The world is going to need another 50,000 tonnes of tin per year by 2030 to meet a looming surge in demand, according to the International Tin Association (ITA). Tin is an often overlooked critical mineral, commonly associated with the humble tin can, even though packaging today accounts for only 12% of global usage. Almost half the tin consumed every year is now used as a solder in circuit boards. The faster the world moves towards the internet-of-things, the more tin will be needed to glue the expanding metaverse together.… Read More Here

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Tantalex Lithium Resources On track to becoming a key African lithium producer

November 18, 2022November 19, 2022 arnbethnic

Tantalex Lithium Resources Corp., listed on the Canadian (CSE: TTX), American (OTCQB: TTLXF), and Frankfurt (DW8) exchanges, is currently developing its majority-owned flagship project, the Manono lithium tailings project. Tantalex has completed 13,000m of drilling with all assay results being received. A Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate is due to be released during the month of November. Additionally, bulk samples from the tailings have been sent to the metallurgical test facilities in South Africa where preliminary heavy liquid separation (HLS) metallurgical test results have confirmed that up to 6.5% Li2O spodumene… Read More Here

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World: tin price falls to USD 18,515.00 per tonne this week

November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 arnbethnic

The general trend of mining products exported from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is mixed on the international market during the period from November 7 to 12, 2022, note experts from the National Commission for Mercurial Prices of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. During this period, the price of tin is expected to fall to USD 18,515.00 per tonne from USD 19,119.00 per tonne the previous week, a negative price difference of around USD 604. Tin is not the only Congolese product that is expected to experience a price… Read More Here

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Canadian Tantalex will launch production of tin and tantalum concentrate in 2023 in the DRC

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 arnbethnic

In Africa, the DRC and Namibia are the two main producers of tin. While Namibia has gradually increased its production in recent years thanks to the Uis mine, the DRC does not intend to give up ground and can count on new projects. In the DRC, Tantalex Lithium Resources will start producing tin concentrate and tantalum concentrate as early as March 2023, at the Titan project. This announcement made on Monday, October 31 by the Canadian mining company follows the obtaining of two mining concessions in the Manono region, in place of… Read More Here

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In the red this week, the price of a tonne of tin would be down by 492 USD

October 26, 2022October 26, 2022 admin

Tin, one of the main mining products exported from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is expected to suffer a significant drop this week on the international market. This is what emerges from the communiqué of the experts of the Congolese Government of the National Commission of Mercuriales for the week from October 24 to 29, 2022. According to these experts, tin should fall to 20,094.00 USD per tonne this week against 20,586.00 USD per tonne last week, a negative gap of -492 USD. During this week, the general trend… Read More Here

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Slightly lower, tin price expected to fall to USD 20,586.00 per tonne this week

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 admin

The price of tin should register a slight drop in price this week from October 17 to 22, 2022 on the international market, inform the experts of the National Commission of Mercurials of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. According to these Congolese government experts, this product widely used in the welding industry should trade at 20,586.00 USD per tonne this week against 20,727.00 USD last week, a negative price difference of the order of 141 USD. In addition, stock market experts indicate that the price of tin has doubled over… Read More Here

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Alphamin’s quarterly production rates exceed guidance

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 admin

Tin miner Alphamin Resources, a producer of 4% of globally mined tin from its high-grade operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), produced 3 139 t of tin in the third quarter, which exceeded the previously stated market guidance of 3 000 t. In its operational update for the third quarter ending in September, published this week, Alphamin reported that a highly mineralised area underground, not previously included in the mineral resource or mine plan owing to its structurally complex nature, which was successfully mined and processed during the quarter,… Read More Here