Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A worker moves refined tin before shipment, 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 EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIAL)
Stacks of refined tin are stored in a warehouse owned by a private ...
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)
Army doctors treat a man who was injured in a warehouse explosion, ...
Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Army doctors treat a man who was injured in a warehouse explosion, at a rescue camp in Yangon December 30, 2011. At least 17 people died and 80 were injured after an early morning explosion at a warehouse storing gunpowder, likely for use at mine blast sites, in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon, police and fire officials said on Thursday.REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: DISASTER)
Smoke and blaze rise from a warehouse in Pazundaung township, ...
Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:10:01 +0100 (AP) - Smoke and blaze rise from a warehouse in Pazundaung township, eastern Yangon suburb, Myanmar early Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Officials said the warehouse fire quickly spread to neighboring homes and buildings, killing at least more than a dozen. (AP/Khin Maung Win)
A worker chops firewood at a wood storage warehouse in Chalandri ...
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:10:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A worker chops firewood at a wood storage warehouse in Chalandri suburb north of Athens November 22, 2011. Once a symbol of poverty, the lowly wood burning stove is making a stonking comeback among cash-strapped Greeks horrified by the soaring costs of central heating as winter begins. Even the wealthiest Greeks are turning to the kind of basic heating methods that most people haven't used in decades as an economic crisis deepens, taxes rise and temperatures drop. Picture taken November 22, 2011. REUTERS/John Kolesidis(GREECE - Tags: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT)
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