
Indonesian tin miner Timah optimistic about hitting 2025 output target
Indonesia’s state-run tin miner PT Timah is optimistic that it can reach its output target of 21,500 metric tons this year, despite weak production in the first half, its chief executive Restu Widiyantoro told a parliamentary hearing on Monday.He said a task force cracking down on illegal tin mining in Timah’s mining zone is expected to help the company reach its target.In the first half this year, Timah’s tin ore output fell 32% year-on-year to 6,997 tons, while its refined tin production fell 29% to 6,870 tons, company data showed.

Codelco gets a pass on mine woes as bond-selling window opens up
Codelco has a window of opportunity to return to the debt market as investors look past a fatal accident at its largest mine and focus instead on rising copper prices and lower interest rates.Bonds in Chile’s state copper behemoth are trading at the cheapest levels this year, relative to Treasuries. That’s piqued the interest of management, which is mulling a similar bond sale to the $1.5 billion sold in January, said a person familiar with the matter.

US agency wants to buy scandium oxide from Rio Tinto for defence stockpile
The US Defense Logistics Agency is seeking to buy scandium oxide worth up to $40 million over the next five years from a unit of mining giant Rio Tinto to secure supplies of the critical material for addition to the national stockpile.Scandium is one of the rare earth elements, whose importance to the Western defence and technology sectors has been in the spotlight since China, the main producer, imposed export controls.