Uses
There are many important uses for tin. Most is used to produce tinplate, or steel coated with tin which is used for food packaging. Tin and tin alloys are used also for solder, especially in the electronics industry. It is commonly used as an alloy for bearing metal and as an alloy in metallic coatings.
Inorganic compounds of tin are used in ceramics and glazes. Organic compounds of tin are used in plastics, wood preservatives, pesticides and in fire retardants.
Inorganic compounds of tin are used in ceramics and glazes. Organic compounds of tin are used in plastics, wood preservatives, pesticides and in fire retardants.
| Leading Tin Companies: provisional 2010 data | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Production, tonnes refined tin) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Company | 2009 | 2010 | % change | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Yunnan Tin (China) | 55,898 | 59,180 | 5.9% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | PT Timah (Indonesia) | 45,086 | 39,100 | -13.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Malaysia Smelting Corp (Malaysia) | 36,407 | 38,737 | 6.4% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Minsur (Peru) | 33,920 | 36,052 | 6.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Thaisarco (Thailand) | 19,300 | 21,900 | 13.5% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Liuzhou China Tin (China) | 10,500 | 14,300 | 36.2% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Yunnan Chengfeng (China) | 14,947 | 14,155 | -5.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | EM Vinto (Bolivia) | 11,805 | 11,600 | -1.7% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Metallo Chimique (Belgium) | 8,690 | 11,000 | 26.6% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Gejiu Zi-Li (China) | 5,600 | 9,000 | 60.7% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | PT Koba Tin (Indonesia) | 7,455 | 6,644 | -10.9% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Jiangxi Nanshan Tin (China) | 3,000 | 6,000 | 100.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | OMSA (Bolivia) | 3,205 | 3,400 | 6.1% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Data: ITRI. Estimated 2010 data in italics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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