A large portion of its 40, 000 tonnes of tin ore annually is smelted and traded on the local physical tin market in Malaysia. MSC tin ingotsThe current restriction on operations has also disrupted its tin supply to both the London Metal Exchange and the KLTM, added Yong. With such restrictions on its workforce, no tin can possibly come out from MSC’s tin mines which are managed by Rahman Hydraulic Tin Sdn Bhd and its tin smelting plants. MSC tin smeltingYong cautioned that “more local industries such as tin canning, tin plating and solder making which require tin will now have to import tin at a higher price. Furthermore, the drop in MSC’s tin production will have a global impact, namely, in the semiconductor and photovoltaic industries.

Source: The Star June 27, 2021 23:03 UTC