JOHANNESBURG () – Alphamin Resources said it restarted tin production on Tuesday at its Bisie mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after rebels withdrew from a nearby town of Walikale.
The miner said in a statement it is processing stockpiled tin ore and activities at its underground mine are planned to resume later this month as more of its workers return to work.
Alphamin in March temporarily halted operations at Bisie, which produces about 6% of global tin supplies a year, as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced in the adjacent town of Walikale.
(Reporting by Felix Njini in Johannesburg. Editing by Jane Merriman)
