Nonferrous metal minerals play a significant role in China's socialist modernization construction, among which tungsten, tin, antimony, and ionic rare earths are advantageous minerals in China and hold a pivotal position in the world. Tin is a scarce variety among basic metals.

According to the statistical data previously released by the Nonferrous Metals Association, based on the current mining scale, the guaranteed years for the four strategic resources of rare earth, tungsten, tin, and antimony are 115 years for rare earth, 12 years for tungsten, 7 years for tin, and 4.7 years for antimony, respectively.

Last time we talked about antimony, 'China has the world's largest production and reserves, even more scarce than rare earths, but the reserve to production ratio is less than 5!' (click on the blue text to view details). Today we will talk about tin:

1、 China accounts for 31.25% of global tin ore resources

According to data released by the United States Geological Survey in 2015, the global tin reserves amounted to approximately 4.8 million tons. Tin mines are mainly distributed in countries such as China, Indonesia, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Malaysia, Russia, Australia, and Thailand worldwide. China has 1.5 million tons.

2、 China's tin production ranks first in the world

Proportion of global tin concentrate production in 2015

Refined tin production of the top ten tin production enterprises in the world in 2015 (tons)

Image source: China Industrial Development Research Network

Among the top 10 tin concentrate production companies in the world, there are 4 in China! And Yunnan's tin industry is at the forefront!