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Tin Availability in Market Economy Countries
Author(s) -
SABIN A.E.,
BLEIWAS D.I.,
PETERSON G.R.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1986.tb00090.x
Subject(s) - tin , tonne , business , natural resource economics , resource (disambiguation) , production (economics) , economics , metallurgy , waste management , engineering , macroeconomics , materials science , computer network , computer science
The U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Mines determined costs associated with the production of tin from 18 market economy countries (MECs). The resource and relative economic positions of 146 tin deposits were evaluated. Demonstrated resources of recoverable tin metal are estimated to be 2.8 million metric tons. Over 70% of this material is recoverable from three south‐east Asian countries ‐ Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia; all are members of the International Tin Agreement (ITA). In the last five years, Brazil has become a major, low‐cost tin producer. In light of their large resources Brazil has become a dominant MEC tin producer and one of the world's few tin producers that can prosper during a protracted period of low tin prices.