Global tin production maintains output in 2022

Feb 13, 2023

2022 saw refined tin production remain steady from the previous year. However, performance varied from company to company. Yunnan Tin Company maintained its position as the world’s largest producer of refined tin, while other Chinese companies shuffled up the...

ITA visits Spanish tin stakeholders

Jun 1, 2022

ITA recently visited various tin industry stakeholders in Spain in order to gain insight into developments in the country. Spain represents a microcosm of the tin industry, with all parts of the value chain represented – from tin mining up to tin use. Recycling is a...

Global tin production rebounds in 2021

Feb 14, 2022

2021 saw refined tin production rebound from its pandemic lows, with the majority of global smelters – including many in the Top Ten – having a relatively “normal” year. Yunnan Tin Company maintained its position as the world’s largest producer of refined tin,...

Aurubis to invest in more efficient tin extraction

Jul 29, 2021

Aurubis has announced that it will build a state-of-the-art recycling plant at its Beerse site – previously Metallo – in Belgium. The new plant will process copper anode sludge using a hydrometallurgical process to rapidly extract a variety of metals...

Aurubis seals approval for Metallo acquisition

May 5, 2020

The EU has approved a deal for Aurubis, the world’s largest copper recycler, to acquire Metallo Group. The deal was initially announced in May 2019, but in November, the EU antitrust regulators stepped in to potentially block the deal. The resulting business...

EU to probe Metallo/Aurubis merger

Nov 20, 2019

European antitrust regulators are to investigate the acquisition of Metallo Group, the Belgian and Spain-based tin recycler, by Aurubis on the basis that the merged entity “could hold a dominant position in the procurement of copper scrap for refining”,...