Tin

Publisher:  GATT-Fly, Toronto, Canada
Year Published:  1976
Pages:  14pp   Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX190

An Analysis of the economics of tin from mining and production through marketing.

Abstract: 
This article analyses the economics of tin from mining and production through marketing. It mentions Cominco of Canada, which is involved in Australian tin production (controlled by C.P.). However, the article deals primarily with international tin markets and agreements. It gives a historical view of the tin market since 1956 in some detail. Appendices describing the uses of tin; some corporate analysis of Malaysian tin marketing and a bibliography are included.