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We can now confirm the date of the charity auction of the last 28lb tin ingot made from South Crofty tin. The live auction will be held...

The provisional date has finally been set for the charity auction of the last South Crofty 28lb tin ingot, cast earlier this year...

Although the main use of XRF in the laboratory remains mining and environmental analysis, we often receive requests to carry out non-destructive testing on items that...

The final limited edition South Crofty tin ingots are now finished and ready for release. As mentioned previously, these are traditional...

We announced in our blog item entitled ‘Cornish History In The Making’ last September our plans to produce tin ingots from the last ore mined at South Crofty and processed at Wheal Jane mill in 1998. Now, we have...

A previous blog item entitled “The Last Cornish Tin Smelter” back in March included plans to smelt the last South Crofty tin concentrate from ore mined in 1998...

As a laboratory that has a particularly close relationship with tin mining, smelting and analysis, it is possibly no surprise that we have recently been asked to undertake a study into the purity of tin ingots destined for scrap.

Wheal Jane laboratory has, in recent years, been heavily associated with lithium analysis and exploration both locally and internationally, and continues to expand into other new sectors of the analytical market.

Bringing our online presence right up-to-date, our brand new website covers everything you need to know about the services we offer, as well as our history and facilities on site here at Baldhu, Cornwall.