RE: Current plant ramp up phase25 Feb 2024 20:37
China is the largest miner, refiner of #tin but it heavily relies on other Asian countries to feed its huge consumption rates - and those sources have major supply issues.
It’s largest concentrate supplier, the #Wa state of #Myanmar, is currently under a mining ban and just introduced a new 30% tax on all tin exports.
It’s largest metal supplier, #Indonesia, is having massive licensing challenges amongst corruption investigations which have resulted in its #tin metal exports dropping 99% in January to 0.4t (from ~6,000t/month), 85% which is imported by China.
The world remains exposed to unreliable and compromised sources of #tin with significant deficits forecast. $ELT.ax is developing two new responsible supply tin mines in #Spain and #Australia.