Maintenance, tight raw materials supply lower Nov tin output by 9.7%

SHANGHAI, Dec 7 (SMM) – Tin output decreased by 9.7% from October to stand at 11,279 mt in November, as maintenance works and tight supplies of raw materials deterred production at smelters in Yunnan province. Annual maintenance at Yunnan Tin Group affected significantly the overall output. 

Maintenance works at a large-sized tin smelter in Jiangxi province also lowered production. Guangxi-based China Tin Group and the Inner Mongolia-based CNMC Chifeng Dajingzi Tin resumed normal operation after overhaul last month. Rising prices of tin encouraged producing enthusiasm at some mills, and this offset part of the overall losses. 

SMM expects tin output to nudge up to 11,600 mt in December as suspended mills will recover gradually after maintenance work.