MSC invests RM10mil in new furnace to boost RHT operations

From left: Perak Minerals and Geoscience Department (JMG) director Nizarulikram Abdul Rahim, Perak State Land and Mines Office director Datuk Mohamad Fariz Mohamad Hanip, Perak State Secretary Datuk Ahmad Suaidi Abdul Rahim, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad, Rahman Hydraulic Tin Sdn Bhd executive director and senior general manager Madzlan Zam, Malaysia Smelting Corp Bhd (MSC) co-chief executive officer Nicolas Chen Seong Lee and MSC co-chief executive officer Lam Hoi Khong.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Smelting Corp Bhd (MSC) has commenced construction of a new rotary furnace at its Rahman Hydraulic Tin (RHT) mine in Klian Intan, Perak.

The RM10mil investment will enhance MSC’s upstream operations by introducing on-site smelting at RHT, the largest open-cast tin mine in Malaysia.

Targeted for completion by the third quarter of this year, the facility will have a planned processing capacity of 10 tonnes per day.

Currently, all tin ore produced from the RHT mine is transported 400km to MSC’s smelting facility in Pulau Indah, Port Klang.

The introduction of on-site processing allows the ore to be processed into crude tin at source, improving impurities content management and reducing the weight and volume of material transported, MSC stated in a release.

This move is expected to lower logistics costs, shorten lead times and improve overall operational efficiency.

MSC added at present, crude tin produced at RHT will continue to be transported to Pulau Indah for final refining into high-purity tin products for delivery to London Metal Exchange warehouses as well as industrial and electrical and electronics customers.