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SMM Tin Market Morning Review (2013-3-21)
SHANGHAI, Mar. 21 (SMM) — LME tin for delivery in three months opened at USD 22,840/mt and closed at USD 22,625/mt overnight, down by USD 130/mt from a day earlier, with the highest price at USD 23,140/mt and the lowest…
Strong year ahead for tin prices: analysts
Tin prices will improve in the medium to long term as a supply deficit is expected this year, according to industry analysts. “Though the price of tin could be volatile in the short term, medium- and longer-term fundamentals remain strong…
Tin Exports From Indonesia Jump to Three-Month High in January
Refined tin shipments from Indonesia, the largest exporter, climbed to a three-month high in January as prices rallied for a third month. Exports increased by 5.4 percent to 9,154.7 metric tons from 8,689.2 tons in December, according to data from…
Tin Near Double Bottom Signals Price Climb: Technical Analysis
Tin, this year’s second-best performing base metal on the London Metal Exchange, is poised to form a so-called double bottom, which will help it advance to the highest level since 2011, according to Barclays Plc. Tin may gain to $25,888…
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Tin shortages loom
With demand high but supply continuing to fall, industrial users of tin face soaring prices throughout 2013. According to reports on Bloomberg, Indonesia, the world’s biggest tin supplier, is set to ship the least amount of the metal in a…
Reuters poll picks out tin
The latest six-monthly survey of metals analysts published this week by Reuters identifies tin as the LME metal most likely to have a higher annual average price in 2013 and 2014 compared to last year.
The Tin Metal Market: Is It The New Copper?
Copper bulls love to point to Chinese demand and a constrained supply market to support the assertion copper prices should be higher, but in fact a far tighter supply market can be found in another base metal – tin. And…
Tin Seen Advancing to $27,300 on Fibonacci: Technical Analysis
Tin may rally about 12 percent this quarter to $27,300 a metric ton, the highest price since August 2011, according to technical analysis from Trading Central SA. The target represents on Fibonacci charts the 61.8 percent retracement of the decline…
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China tin production and imports rise in November
Chinese refined tin production in November increased by 20% from October to 15,393t, while tin-in-concentrate production increased by 47% to 8,591t, according to data from China nonferrous metals association (CNIA). Steady and rising prices in November stimulated the increase in…