February 20, 2024

China’s tin supply for food cans and chips steadily tightens

Myanmar's Wa state has placed a tax in kind of 30% on all tin concentrate exports.

February 14, 2024

Tiny diamond-tin-filled device could jumpstart work toward quantum internet

Device developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge could allow the quick, efficient flow of quantum information over large distances.

February 8, 2024

Green shoots for copper, nickel, zinc, aluminium prices 

Macquarie says January's full set of PMIs looks like a potential turning point for the global industrial cycle.

February 5, 2024

Cornish Metals shares rise on new drill results from tin project in Cornwall

The company reported results from the first six drill holes of the ongoing 9,000 metre Carn Brea drill program.

January 26, 2024

Alphamin’s tin output rises again in 2023, new mine to begin production April

Alphamin said it expects contained tin production of between 17,000 and 18,000 tonnes for this year.

January 24, 2024

Graphic: Tin shackled by surplus, but green industry demand poised to mop up supplies

Tin prices have dropped 20% to around $26,500 a metric ton, since hitting a six-month high at $32,680 in January last year.

January 10, 2024

Column: Myanmar’s Wa State Army keeps global tin market guessing

The tin market's fortunes remain beholden to Myanmar's United Wa State Army, which controls one of the world's largest mines.

December 27, 2023

The biggest global mining news of 2023

A tumultuous year for the global mining industry: collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, gold’s new record and state intervention in mining on a scale not seen in decades.

November 28, 2023

Shanghai tin price hits 7-month low amid good supply, tepid demand

China recorded a slower-than-expected growth in industrial profits last month.

November 16, 2023

How liquid metals may help ‘green’ the chemical industry

Researchers have tested a new technique they hope can replace energy-intensive chemical engineering processes that rely on catalysts made from solid materials.