Indonesian market settles in

Mar 7, 2012

Trading in physical tin on the Indonesia Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (ICDX) is now in its second month, with generally low volumes and prices slightly higher than those recorded on the London Metal Exchange. Turnover in the INATIN contract, launched at the...

Analysts forecast lower LME metals prices

Feb 1, 2012

Reuters released the results of its latest six-monthly poll of analysts’ base metals price forecasts on Friday. Up to 32 analysts contributed forecasts for different LME metals to the survey (21 providing tin price forecasts) and across the board the...

China tin import surge in September

Oct 26, 2011

China’s tin imports surged to 3,610 tonnes in September, up by 125% on the previous month and 167% compared to September last year. It is the highest monthly level since April 2009. The jump reflects the very large premium of Chinese domestic market prices over...