After the belts whirred to a halt and workers left Cornwall’s last operating tin mine for a final time in March 1998, a question was painted on its outer wall: “Cornish lads are fishermen and Cornish ...

Indonesia is the world's biggest exporter of raw tin, and most of it comes from the islands of Bangka and Belitung. But today, the land supply is almost gone, so miners have moved to the sea ...

Indonesia, the world's largest exporter of refined tin, saw shipments fall by 33% to 46,000 tons in 2024. The country's mine production fell by 28% last year due to restrictions on mining quotas ...

Generations of miners dug out copper, and later tin, from South Crofty mine in Redruth, Cornwall, for more than 400 years - Hugh Hastings/Getty Images Rachel Reeves’s National Wealth Fund has ...

It is hoped more than 300 jobs will be created by reopening South Crofty tin mine Nearly £30m is to be invested in the reopening of Cornwall's South Crofty tin mine in a scheme expected to create ...