Tin still flying high despite resurgent production

Tin is still showing every sign of scarcity pricing, attesting both to the strength of current demand and the scale of the supply-chain depletion that has occurred over the last couple of years.

GLOBAL refined tin production surged by 11% to 378,400 tonnes last year, according to the International Tin Association (ITA).

The world’s tin supply is dominated by a handful of big producers, many of which were forced to halt or curtail operations during pandemic lockdowns in 2020. Most of them staged a strong recovery in 2021.