December 6, 2022

Column: Tin must tame its wildness to meet coming demand surge

The faster the world moves towards the internet-of-things, the more tin will be needed to glue the expanding metaverse together.

November 30, 2022

Eloro’s Iska Iska silver-tin drilling in Bolivia points to likely resource growth

The company has completed 84,495 metres of diamond drilling across 122 drill holes since the program began in September 2020.

November 28, 2022

Indonesian tin groups ask govt to consider impose export restrictions gradually

The policy is similar to what the country has implemented for developing a downstream processing industry for nickel ore.

November 4, 2022

Buying conflict-free tin and coltan out of Congo just got harder

The Responsible Minerals Initiative said this week that its auditing process won’t recognize the findings of the International Tin Supply Chain Initiative without companies doing extra due diligence on the…

October 31, 2022

Responsible Minerals Initiative cuts ITSCI from approved traceability list

ITSCI is a private sector scheme monitoring tin, tantalum and tungsten mines in Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi for human rights abuses.

October 20, 2022

Explainer: What is Indonesia’s proposed tin export ban about?

Indonesia plans to ban the export of tin ingots to encourage investors to set up production facilities and develop its industries to process tin into other products at home.

October 19, 2022

Indonesia tells tin industry to be prepared for an export ban

Metals such as nickel have already seen an export ban.

September 16, 2022

Congo violence rages despite conflict mineral law, US says

In total, 1,021 companies filed a conflict-mineral report to the Securities and Exchange Commission last year, the Government Accountability Office said.

September 7, 2022

Column: Chinese speculators crush tin, wiping out two-year rally

The tin price roller coaster ride isn't over yet, writes Andy Home.

August 1, 2022

First mover New Pacific, other juniors make headway in once off-limits Bolivia

Once considered a pariah, Bolivia is quickly gaining a reputation as an exciting jurisdiction for mineral exploration.