Tin Set To Continue Outperforming Other Base Metals

SteelGuru reported tin looks set to continue to outperform other base metals in coming months as tightening supplies help insulate the soldering material from the impact of a slowing Chinese economy.

As quoted in the market news:

Industry sources said that China is the world’s top producer and consumer of tin used in electronics manufacture. Tin prices have fallen this year with other industrial commodities dependent on Chinese demand but the dip has sparked a response from suppliers and consumers and tin has outperformed copper, the most liquid industrial metal, over the past three weeks.

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