Stellar scopes out low-cost Heemskirk operations

In view of becoming Australia’s second largest tin producer, Stellar Resources has announced the results of its Heemskirk Tin Project Scoping Study. Development of the project will include an underground mine, processing plant, and a tailings storage facility,...

Aus Tin reviewing Granville operations

Following a disruption to mining activities, Aus Tin Mining will review its Granville operation and its ongoing strategy. The disruption comes during a key period for the mining operations. Mining at the Granville project initially begin in February with the first...

Aus Tin moves to initiate Taronga mining

Aus Tin Mining have announced that Stage 1 of the Taronga project, located in New South Wales, Australia, will begin shortly. The company has appointed Townes Contracting to undertake the initial mining, crushing and civil works associated with the first stage. A...

Renison Indicated & Measured Resource doubles

Having received encouraging drilling results from the prospective Bell 50 area, Metals X has announced its annual resource estimate for the Renison Bell mine, Tasmania. Renison Bell is one of the highest-grade tin mines currently in production and is part-owned by...

Confidence in Heemskirk resource grows

Stellar Resources has updated the resource estimate for its flagship Heemskirk project based in Tasmania. The new report includes a maiden Indicated Resource for the Severn deposit and a 64% increase in the overall Indicated Resource, increasing the confidence in the...

Progress at Aus Tin’s Taronga project

Aus Tin Mining have announced that final regulatory approval for Stage 1 operations at its Taronga tin project has been received, representing “a major milestone for the Company”, Aus Tin Mining Chairman Brian Moller said. The Mining Operation Plan approval is the end...

Renison output down as new ore sorter is commissioned

Australian miner Metals X’s Q2 activities report has revealed that production from its 50%-owned Renison tin mine in Tasmania fell to 1,418 tonnes in Q2 2018, down 16.7% year-on-year and 17.7% from Q1. The lower tin production was primarily due to lower tin head...

Optical ore-sorting applied to Australian tin operations

Metals X has reported that commissioning of an optical ore-sorting plant has commenced at its Renison tin mine in Tasmania. Meanwhile, Aus Tin Mining has reported positive results for preliminary ore-sorting test work on ore from its Taronga tin project in New South...

Renison output down slightly ahead of ore sorter completion

Australian miner Metals X’s Q1 activities report has revealed that production from the Renison tin mine in Tasmania fell to 1,725 tonnes in Q1, down 3.3% year-on-year and 3.4% from Q4 2017. The small drop in tin output compared to the last quarter of 2017 was due to...

Renison production recovers in 2017

Metals X released its final quarterly report for 2017 in January, which revealed that annual tin production from the Renison mine in Tasmania increased 12.2% to 7,082 tonnes. The increase in annual production reflects the recovery from the disruption to operations in...