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The demand for tin is quite steady, and is growing at about 5% a year.

Above half of the world’s tin goes into solder and is used for joining wires to circuit boards. The cell phones that we use consume about 8 grams of tin, for example. Televisions, computers, microwave ovens; or anything from home appliance to business machine - if it’s got a circuit-board in it, be assured it contains tin. Solder is also used to put a thin coat on the surface of the traces (flat wires) on the PC board.

Tin can make lithium ion batteries last more than 3 times longer. Such batteries are used in mobile phones, camera, ipads and other mobile devices.

Plate glass is made by floating molten glass on to a bed of molten tin.

Nippon Steel has launched a new stainless steel using tin rather than nickel and less chromium. This steel is more corrosion resistant and more formable.

Tin can save up to 10% of fuel use in vehicles, generators and ship motors. A small amount in the fuel line acts as a catalyst. How it works is still not yet understood.

Tin mixed with copper makes bronze, which has a wide range of uses in today’s world; sculptures and ornaments, ship propellers, bearings, clips, electrical connectors, springs, guitar and piano strings and durable tools to name a few.

The chemical industry is a fast growing consumer of tin. Demand is strong for household and industrial paints, in plastics, brake pads, water treatment (corrosion inhibition) applications and in non-ferrous alloys for use in engineering industries. More potential growth areas for tin chemicals were cited as fire retardants, antimicrobials - which can be disinfectants or other products used to kill microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and protozoans - and dental products, as tin fluoride is already being used as an additive in toothpaste.