Sales of tin and other materials (mainly ferro-alloys) from the US strategic stockpile are due to re-commence in the new fiscal year. According to a newly released annual materials plan qupted by American Metal Market, DLA Strategic Materials can sell up to 804 tonnes of tin in the 12 months from 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2013.
DLA tin disposals were suspended in August 2008, having averaged around 8,000 tpy in the 1990s and 2000s. The remaining quantity of tin held in the stockpile is only 4,020 tonnes.
