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Tin Remains in Tight Supply
2013-07-15 00:02:10| About Metals
According to the World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS), 358,000 tonnes of tin were produced in 2012, a drop of almost 3 percent from 2011. The ten largest tin producers saw an average output decline of 1.6 percent. Large producers in Indonesia and Peru saw double digit drops in production, but this was offset by Yunnan Tin Group (China) - the world's largest tin refiner. Yunnan Tin's output grew 24 percent over 2011, accounting for 70,000 tonnes of the metal, or roughly one-fifth of total world production....Read Full Post
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