Miners in Indonesia risk their lives every day by illegally diving up to 65 feet underwater with minimal equipment. Top-earning miners make about $13 a day. The tin they mine gets used in common ...

YANGON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - From a remote corner of northeastern Myanmar, an insurgent army sells tin ore to suppliers of some of the world's largest consumer companies. More than 500 companies, ...

Indonesia’s exports of tin recovered in November, in a sign that concerns are easing over supply disruptions caused by the country’s crackdown on illegal mining. Shipments from the world’s ...

LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - The Wa State, a semi-autonomous region of Myanmar, has finally broken its year-long silence on the fate of the Man Maw tin mine. The mine is the jewel in Myanmar's tin ...

Cornish Metals advances plans to restart South Crofty after securing strong backing from international bond investors.

LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Tin smelters in China have ensured enough immediate supply by stockpiling the metal ahead of a mining ban from this month in areas controlled by Myanmar's ethnic minority Wa ...

Cornish Metals Plc received funding interest from the US government’s export-credit agency that could underpin the restart of a historic tin mine in southwest England, which closed almost three ...

A bid to restart tin mining in southwestern England, reviving an industry with roots in the Bronze Age, has won a $210 million vote of confidence from bond buyers.

Indonesia is the world's biggest exporter of tin, and more than 90% of the country's supply comes from the islands of Bangka and Belitung. But the deposits on land are almost gone, so unlicensed ...