Tin exporters in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have reached an agreement with the government on a new taxation system to end a six-week dispute that has halted exports from the main producing areas. Congo's Finance Minister is expected to sign a joint...

Shipments of tin concentrates from DR Congo have been restricted in recent weeks as local traders have refused to pay higher taxes, according to Bloomberg News. Congo’s customs and excise office, or Ofida, are taxing nearly 11 percent on $14 per kilogram of tin...

German-based Deutsche Rohstoff and Bergbau Mining Company has started smelting copper in Uganda at a revived plant in Jinja, a company official told Dow Jones, and treatment of tin oxide ores is expected to start before the end of this month. Two furnaces at the plant...