Latest News
- Alphamin announces increased earnings on sales recovery 18 Apr 2024
- Cornish Metals on track to deliver PEA in second quarter 18 Apr 2024
- Woodcross opens Uganda’s first tin refinery 18 Apr 2024
- M23 rebels disrupt tin supply routes in key region of North Kivu 4 Apr 2024
- Andrada ramps up production and producers first tantalum concentrate at Uis 4 Apr 2024
- Trading resumes in Indonesia 14 Mar 2024
Our Work
Tin Explorers & Developers Group
The Tin Explorers & Developers Group was established by the International Tin Association in 2011 to facilitate networking and communication opportunities for companies who are actively developing tin mine projects globally. Its member’s projects represent some of the most promising sources of future tin mine supply.
Production cost modelling
The International Tin Association maintains its own cost model of tin mines globally in order to better understand the trends and impacts of changing production costs on the industry. The output of this model is used to generate the costs curves used in our reports and presentations and is a useful tool helping us generate our medium-term supply and price forecasts.
Bespoke summaries of our cost data can also be purchased on a consultancy basis: Find out more
Responsible tin supply
The International Tin Association is working with our members and wider stakeholders to improvements cross the entire supply chain. Ensuring that tin’s journey from ore to end-product is done responsibly and that we are encouraging the market for recycled tin.
Tin Resources and Reserves
Availability of raw materials is of huge importance to policymakers and downstream metal consumers. A perception that a material is “running out” can destroy demand through substitution to other materials, economisation, or introduction of legislation to limit consumption. Our studies of tin resources and reserves are intended reassure all those concerned about tin supply by providing estimates of global tin resources and reserves as well as identifying the limitations of resource reporting. Our current view is that there is an abundance of tin on our planet but currently under-investment in companies and projects seeking to discover and develop it.
Read our latest public report here