Stagnant tin prices could be set to climb after a bridge collapsed on a key route to Alphamin Resources' Bisie tin mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa.
The Mauritius-based mining company confirmed this week that the Maiko Bridge at Lubutu - on a key route to the Bisie tin mine in the Walikale territory of DRC - collapsed on October 30, some 53 kilometers southeast of Kisangani.Alphamin's Bisie tin project is widely regarded as the world's richest tin deposit. The average tin mine globally holds around 0.8% tin-grade material, with Bisie holding a 4.5% tin-grade. The mine is expected to produce around 10,000 tonnes per year of tin, with a mine-life...