Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Stacks of refined tin are stored in a warehouse owned by a private company in Pangkalpinang of Indonesia's Bangka Belitung province January 16, 2012. From 2009 until April last year, benchmark prices for tin, mainly used in soldering for electronics, more than tripled to a record high above $33,000 a tonne, which meant hefty profits for the welter of smelters on the Bangka-Belitung islands, the world's largest tin-producing region. Prices, however, came crashing down by mid-2011, and many other facilities in the archipelago off Sumatra island have closed down. Squabbles have also marred efforts to shore up prices through collective action, tarnishing the future of Indonesia's centuries-old tin industry, and its status as the world's top exporter of the metal. Picture taken January 16, 2012. To match Feature INDONESIA-TIN/INDUSTRY/ REUTERS/Dwi Sadmoko (INDONESIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES INDUSTRIAL)
The restored headframe of the former Toburn mine located in ...
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:20:02 +0100 (Reuters) - The restored headframe of the former Toburn mine located in the heart of Kirkland Lake, Ontario October 3, 2011.
With gold now soaring to $1,700 an ounce and higher, the town has begun to regain some of its lost luster. Companies are reopening mines that were mothballed for decades, offering many new jobs and sparking an economic recovery in the area.
The mine produced over 500,000 ounces of gold between 1917 and 1968. Picture taken October 3, 2011. To match Feature CANADA-GOLD/REVIVAL REUTERS/Euan Rocha (CANADA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES EMPLOYMENT)
Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:00:33 +0200 BlackBerry services buzzed back to life across the world Thursday, after a three-day outage that interrupted email messages and Internet services for millions of customers. (Source: AP)
Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:30:31 +0200 BlackBerry service has been restored worldwide after three days of outages, the head of the company that makes the smartphones said on Thursday. (Source: AFP)
Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:50:18 +0200 The maker of BlackBerry said Monday that email services have been restored on many of its smartphones, after an unexplained glitch cut off Internet and messaging services for large numbers of users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. (Source: AP)
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