Houston / Novosibirsk / Portland / Detroit / Middletown / Rio de Janeiro / Seattle / Coolidge / Lathrop / Anniston / Pleasant / Fortaleza / Kosice / Pittsburgh / Stockton / Kuala Lumpur / Perth / Baltimore / New York / Uxbridge / London / Dortmund / /
Company
Minsur / Peintures Renaudin / Gwalia Consolidated Ltd. / Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. / Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. / Glencore International / CRU International Ltd. / Proler International Corp. / Steel Inc. / Macquarie Bank / AMG Resources Corp. / Thyssen Stahl AG / Northern Telecom Corp. / Paranapanema / AK Steel Corp. / Nihon Almit Corp. / USS-Posco Industries / RMT Corp. / Toyota Group / Wall Street Journal / Considar Inc. / Sydney Stock Exchange / Yunnan Tin Corp. / VSZ AS / Senju Metal Industry Co. Ltd. / Metal Corp. / U.S. Steel Corp. / Harima Chemicals Inc. / Norminco / Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. / Smelting Co. / U.S. Steel Group / Mitsubishi Electric Corp. / Roskill Information Services Ltd. / Rahman Hydraulic Tin / P.T. Tambang Timah / Vinto / ADEX Mining Inc / NKK Corp. / Malaysia Mining Corp. / Marubeni Corp. / South Crofty Holdings Corp. / The Washington Post / U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin / London Metal Exchange / Krupp Hoesch Stahl AG / Republic / WCI / Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. / South Crofty / General Motors / Chrysler Corp. / UNWROUGHT TIN METAL / Taiho Kogyo Co. Ltd. / TABLE 6 U.S. / Rasselstein Hoesche GmbH / Pohang Iron / Pan American Silver Corp. / CSN / Ford Motor Corp. / /
Continent
Asia / South America / Europe / North America / /
Country
Brazil / United Kingdom / China / Malaysia / Nigeria / Bolivia / Peru / France / Japan / Canada / Portugal / Slovakia / Korea / India / Germany / Indonesia / Belgium / Turkey / Russia / United States / Singapore / South Korea / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
M&A / Business Partnership / Bankruptcy / Company Expansion / Product Issues / /
Facility
Other mine Developments / United Kingdom-based International Tin Research Institute / Steel Can Recycling Institute / Can Manufacturers Institute / Can Manufacturer’s Institute / Beerse plant / Erdemir plant / San Rafael Mine / r/ Smelter / Steel Recycling Institute / VSZ’s Ocel plant / International Tin Research Institute / Greenbushes Mine / Leichardt Creek Mine / UK mine / Machu Picchu / CSN’s Volta Redonda plant / Ocel plant / /
IndustryTerm
electricity prices / tin applications / tin mill products / copper scrap processing / tinplate producer / chemical products / automotive applications / tin producer / food can / energy / electronic applications / chemicals / beverage / tinplate products / flame-retardant chemicals / paint / finance package / car production / beverage market / consumer electronics sectors / electronics / candidate lead-free electronics solders / consumer electronic equipment / transportation / tin-mining / test / beverage cans / metal / tin miner / ordinary acrylic paint / aluminum beverage cans / interconnection technology / electronics industries / steel / light manufacturing / Tin mining / conductive paint / energy costs / tin mining project / mining / mineral processing / /
MusicGroup
Focus / /
NaturalFeature
West Coast / /
Organization
Defense Logistics Agency / Bureau of the Census / Empressa Nacional de Fundiciones / Quinghai’s Xitiexhan Mining Department / Central Intelligence Agency / Lanzhou Nonferrous Metallurgy Research Center / Bolivian Government / International Tin Research Institute / Manufacturers Institute / Steel Can Recycling Institute / U.S. Government / United Steelworkers Union / U.S. Department of Defense / U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin / Association of Tin Producing Countries / Steel Recycling Institute / / /
Position
major domestic tinplate producer / producer / official / tin miner / steel producer / producer of automotive bearing alloys / tinplate producer / copper plumber / tin producer / analyst / /
Product
Ferrostan / TIN / judicial framework / Tin Monitor / /
ProvinceOrState
New Brunswick / Rio / California / Arizona / Queensland / Pennsylvania / Ceará / West Virginia / Alabama / New York / Washington / Maryland / /
PublishedMedium
The Wall Street Journal / The Washington Post / /
Region
northern Queensland / West Coast / Central Europe / /
TIN By James F. Carlin, Jr. In 1997, there was no domestic mine production of tin. Of the primary tin used domestically, 25 firms consumed about 85%. The major uses were as follows: cans and containers, 25%; electrical,