Tin

From exploration and mining to smelting, CRU provides coverage of tin’s upstream sectors. Our monthly market service tracks global operations, concentrates, capacity and key developments, while our expert analysis of regulatory changes, geopolitical risks and industry trends helps you anticipate and manage risks.

For the midstream, our monthly service provides insight into production trends, supply-demand balances and tin use across numerous sectors. Regional consumption insights, comprehensive coverage and expert analysis of disruption and tariff impacts allow you to act fast. Combined with a clear view of tin demand fundamentals, inventories and exchange/index prices, you can confidently plan for the future.

With our comprehensive raw materials coverage, you also gain objective insight into tin’s supply chains and downstream markets, such as copper and copper-based alloys. Whether you need short-term monthly analysis, medium-term market depth or asset-level data, CRU’s copper coverage provides cost fundamentals and market signals so you can anticipate trends and identify opportunities early.

CRU’s breadth of expertise across base metals and battery materials, together with our knowledge of battery technologies, supports clients across numerous industries with insight from mine to market. Services including Energy Storage Technology and Costs , Battery Value Chain and Battery Technology and Cost Model provide an end-to-end view and cross-commodity insight for long‑term success. Meanwhile, CRU’s steel, zinc and nickel services bring further clarity to tin’s adjacent markets, rounding out our full coverage of the tin value chain.  

Unlock asset-level analysis for base metals production, smelting and refining

CRU’s Asset Services deliver granular, asset-level intelligence for cost benchmarking, valuation and performance analysis for the production, smelting and refining of base metal commodities. Covering more than 950 global assets across copper, lithium, lead, zinc, gold and nickel, our emissions data gives visibility to support producer decarbonisation while enabling greener sourcing for buyers.

Comprehensive data coverage and advanced analytical tools make it quick to unearth key insights to streamline evaluation of project potential and make informed investment decisions that drive sustainable growth.