Nathan Trotter breaks ground on US tin smelter

Sep 11, 2025

Leading United States-based secondary tin producer Nathan Trotter has broken ground on its $65 million Tin Ridge smelter in Virginia. Alongside Nathan Trotter leadership and American lawmakers, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and Secretary of Commerce & Trader...

Tinplate industry unites on sustainability and innovation

Sep 11, 2025

This week in London, the International Tin Association hosted its 13th International Tinplate Conference, welcoming leading experts from across the global tinplate value chain.  Tinplate remains a significant tin use, accounting for 11% of global tin demand in 2024,...

Tin in catalyst for hydrogen made from e-waste metals

Sep 5, 2025

Scientists in China and Australia have shown how tin recovered from discarded electronics can be transformed into a powerful catalyst for clean hydrogen generation. Their work takes a major e-waste stream – multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) – and directly upcycles...

MSC revenue resilient despite disruption

Aug 14, 2025

Refined tin producer Malaysia Smelting Corp (MSC) has reported second quarter revenue of RM 379 million (approximately US$87 million), up 2.5% from the previous quarter, despite disruption to operations. MSC attributed the increase in revenue to higher sales of...

Recycled tin from end-of-life solar tech

Jul 31, 2025

Researchers in Kunming, China have developed an environmentally friendly method to recover valuable metals, including tin, from photovoltaic (PV) ribbon waste, a rapidly growing component of end-of-life solar panels. Their two-step physical process separates copper,...

ITA visits Bioscope to explore tin recovery from e-waste

Jul 22, 2025

The International Tin Association’s technology team, Dr. Jeremy Pearce and Georgia Laurie, visited Bioscope at their Cambridge facility to learn more about the company’s innovative work recovering tin and other valuable metals from electronic waste. The visit reflects...