China boosts tin ore imports from Myanmar as Indonesian supply dries up

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

SINGAPORE, Sept 9 (Reuters) – China’s tin industry is turning to Myanmar to help plug a gap in the supply of raw materials after new trading rules in the world’s top exporter Indonesia squeezed its major source of refined tin.

China, the world’s top metals consumer, has more than doubled its imports of tin ore and concentrates from Myanmar this year, shoring up an alternative source of the metal used mainly for solder in its vast electronics industry.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/09/indonesia-tin-myanmar-idUSL6N0GY0OX20130909