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JOHN ROBERTSON APPOINTED MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ALPHAMIN, THE FIRST TIN PRODUCER IN THE DRC 1

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

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DRC’s total sum of exports of “3T” tin products in the first half of 2022 is estimated at 347,878,393.64 USD

August 27, 2022August 27, 2022 admin

Statistical data from the Technical Cell for Coordination and Mining Planning (CTCPM), published during this month, indicate that tin products, namely cassiterite, coltan and wolframite, commonly known as 3T (Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten ), come from the Eastern Provinces of the Republic, specifically Maniema, North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba and Tanganyika. According to figures from the CTCPM, the total production of cassiterite is 19,532.55 tonnes and is distributed as follows: – 12,622.37 tons of industrial exploitation; – 6,910.18 tonnes of artisanal mining. As for the production of colombo-tantalite “Coltan”… Read More Here

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Tin falls to 24,850 USD per ton on the international market

August 13, 2022August 13, 2022 arnbethnic

Like the mining products exported from the Democratic Republic of Congo to the international market, tin has been struggling to make good health for nearly two months already. On the stock market, the price per ton of tin fell to 24,850.00 US dollars this Friday, August 12, 2022. In the latest report published by the National Mercurial Commission, experts from the Ministry of Foreign Trade instead indicated that the ton of tin should trade at 25,533.75 USD this week against 25,200.00 USD last week, i.e. a price increase of around… Read More Here