Refined Tin

Refining removes impurities from a metallurgical product.

About Tin

Tin is used in solders, protective metal coatings and alloys. Cassiterite is the main commercially important tin mineral. Ore and concentrate are upstream feedstocks, while tin ingots are a metal product.

Protective coatings
Soldering
Alloying

Refined metal

Refining removes impurities from a metallurgical product. The resulting metal is an input to further manufacture; the material form and any published product composition are presented separately.

Industrial applications

  • Solders
  • Tin-coated products
  • Bearing alloys