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Indonesia's state tin miner PT Timah Tbk is to increase the supply of tin ore from its offshore mines to 70% to overcome the environmental challenges posed by onshore mining. Conservation and competition from illegal mining have reduced tin mining in the Bangka-Belitung islands, Indonesi
Indonesia’s state tin miner PT Timah Tbk is to increase the supply of tin ore from its offshore mines to 70% to overcome the environmental challenges posed by onshore mining.
Conservation and competition from illegal mining have reduced tin mining in the Bangka-Belitung islands, Indonesia’s main source of tin.
Last year the company’s refined tin production dropped 8% to 45,086t due to reduced production from onshore mines.
It produced 37,701t of tin ore in 2009, nearly 50% of which came from offshore mining.
Timah, the world’s largest integrated tin-miner, said it was planning to increase its number of cutter suction dredges by end of 2010 to boost production from its offshore mines.
The tin industry in Bangka-Belitung, off Sumatra, has seen reduced production in the past four years due to weak prices, a police crackdown on illegal mining and the depletion of easily mined onshore reserves.
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