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Current sn price: $50215.00 — +0.00% over the past 24 hours.

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Tin Price Today

Live tin spot price in USD per metric ton from the London Metal Exchange (LME). Tin is the indispensable solder metal that connects virtually every electronic device.

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Where does this price data come from?
SN spot prices are sourced from Metals.Dev, a professional metals data provider, with automatic fallback to gold-api.com for redundancy. Prices are updated in real-time during market hours, ensuring you always see the latest data. All prices reflect the latest available mid-market spot rate.
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COMEX futures trade Sunday through Friday, 6:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET (23 hours per day with a 1-hour break). The London Bullion Market (LBMA) operates Monday to Friday with two daily fixings: AM fix at 10:30 AM London time and PM fix at 3:00 PM London time. Outside of formal exchange hours, precious metals continue to trade on OTC markets globally, meaning prices can move 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. Our data reflects these continuous market movements.
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Understanding the Tin Market

The tin price is benchmarked on the London Metal Exchange (LME) in US dollars per metric tonne. Tin is the smallest of the major LME markets by volume, which makes it notoriously volatile: modest supply disruptions or demand shifts can move the price sharply.

Solder is the anchor use. Around half of global tin demand goes into solder, the alloy that joins components on every printed circuit board. That links tin directly to electronics production cycles, from smartphones and servers to electric vehicles and solar inverters. Rising electronics complexity, AI data center buildouts, and the electrification of vehicles all add solder demand per unit.

Other uses include tinplate (food cans), chemicals and stabilizers, bronze and bearing alloys, and float glass production. There is no practical substitute for tin in mainstream electronics solder, giving demand a structural floor.

Supply is concentrated and fragile. China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Peru, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo dominate mining, with Indonesia the top exporter of refined tin. Export policy changes in Indonesia, conflict and licensing pauses in Myanmar's Wa region, and aging mines elsewhere have repeatedly squeezed supply. These dynamics, combined with low exchange inventories, explain tin's history of dramatic price spikes.

Solder: roughly half of tin demand, used in every electronic circuit board
Electronics-linked: semiconductors, EVs, solar, and data centers drive consumption growth
Concentrated supply: Indonesia, China, and Myanmar dominate mining and refining
Small market: tin is the least liquid major LME contract, amplifying volatility
No substitute: mainstream electronics have no practical alternative to tin solder

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the tin price today?
The tin price changes continuously during LME trading hours. The live chart above shows the real-time tin price in US dollars per metric tonne, the standard quotation on the London Metal Exchange.
What is tin used for?
About half of global tin becomes solder for electronics assembly. The rest goes into tinplate for food packaging, chemicals and PVC stabilizers, bronze and bearing alloys, and float glass manufacturing. Electronics growth, especially EVs and data centers, is the main demand driver.
Why is the tin price so volatile?
Tin is the smallest major LME market, so liquidity is thin. Supply is concentrated in a handful of countries where export policy (Indonesia), mining licenses (Myanmar), and operational issues regularly disrupt output. With low exchange inventories, even small imbalances produce large price swings.
Which countries produce the most tin?
China is the largest miner and refiner, followed by Indonesia (the top exporter of refined tin), Myanmar, Peru, the DRC, Bolivia, and Brazil. Myanmar's Wa region became a major concentrate supplier to Chinese smelters, so its licensing pauses ripple straight into the global price.