Tin Price History
As of April 25, 2026, the tin price is $50,215.00 per metric ton, unchanged over the past 24 hours. The price is quoted in US dollars per metric ton and updates continuously as London Metal Exchange futures and over-the-counter markets trade.
Tin set a fresh all-time high near $59,000 per tonne in June 2026, driven by AI data-center solder demand colliding with Myanmar and Indonesia supply shocks in a small, illiquid market.
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Tin Price Records
Tin's major peaks and the fresh 2026 record. Prices are LME, USD per tonne.
All-Time High
~$59,000
June 2, 2026 (intraday/futures peak; the LME 3-month high was just under that, and cash settlement was lower)
| Date | High (USD/tonne) | What Drove It |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2011 | ~$33,600 | The post-financial-crisis commodity supercycle plus tight Indonesian and Chinese supply drove tin to a record that stood for roughly a decade. |
| Mar 2022 | ~$51,000 | A post-COVID electronics and solder demand surge collided with broken supply chains and record-low LME stocks, producing a near-vertical squeeze that smashed the 2011 record. |
| Apr 2024 | ~$35,575 | A supply-driven spike (not a record) as Myanmar's Man Maw mine stayed shut after the 2023 ban and Indonesian export permits were delayed; prices later eased toward $28,000. |
| Jan 15, 2026 | ~$53,462 | The first decisive break above the 2022 record, on chronic Indonesian export constraints, the Myanmar feedstock shortage, and surging AI and data-center solder demand. |
| Jun 2, 2026Record | ~$59,000 | The all-time high: Indonesian refined-tin exports collapsed (down more than 40% year over year, plus a crackdown on unlicensed mines) while the AI data-center build-out boosted solder demand into a thin, deficit market. |
Two caveats on the record: the ~$59,000 figure is an intraday and futures peak, so cash and settlement prints are lower; and on an inflation-adjusted basis the 2011 and 2022 peaks are closer to 2026 levels than the nominal numbers suggest. Prices are nominal USD per tonne.
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Tin Price by Year (1970 to 2025)
LME annual average price per tonne in USD. Click any year for that year's full breakdown.
| Year | Avg Price (USD/tonne) | YoY Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s: Inflation Era & Commodity Booms | ||||
| 1970 Start of series (LME resumed post-war trading well established). Straits/NY dealer basis ~$1.74/lb. | $3,673 | n/a | ||
| 1971 | $3,512 | -4.4% | ||
| 1972 | $3,740 | +6.5% | ||
| 1973 Start of 1970s commodity boom. | $4,802 | +28.4% | ||
| 1974 Oil-shock/inflation spike; price nearly doubled. | $8,184 | +70.4% | ||
| 1975 Recession pullback. | $6,877 | -16.0% | ||
| 1976 | $7,586 | +10.3% | ||
| 1977 Sharp rise as ITC buffer stock and inflation drove prices up. | $10,804 | +42.4% | ||
| 1978 | $12,875 | +19.2% | ||
| 1979 Record-high era; NY dealer hit ~7.11/lb, all-time nominal high to date. | $15,447 | +20.0% | ||
| 1980s: Recession & Disinflation | ||||
| 1980 Peak of the pre-crisis boom (~7.73/lb NY dealer). | $16,775 | +8.6% | ||
| 1981 1981-82 recession; ITC ramps up buffer-stock buying on credit. | $14,159 | -15.6% | ||
| 1982 | $12,826 | -9.4% | ||
| 1983 | $12,988 | +1.3% | ||
| 1984 Market weakening; ITC borrowing to defend the floor. | $12,233 | -5.8% | ||
| 1985 TIN CRISIS: Oct 1985 ITC exhausted funds, defaulted; LME suspended tin trading. Annual avg reflects ~10 months of quotes before collapse. | $11,539 | -5.7% | ||
| 1986 Crash aftermath; LME tin SUSPENDED all year. Value is KLTM/substitute basis, not true LME cash. Price ~halved. | $6,161 | -46.6% | ||
| 1987 LME tin still suspended. Non-LME (KLTM) quotation basis. | $6,665 | +8.2% | ||
| 1988 LME tin suspended until June 1989. Value largely non-LME basis. | $7,052 | +5.8% | ||
| 1989 LME tin trading resumed June 1989 under new contract. | $8,534 | +21.0% | ||
| 1990s: Oversupply & the Asian Crisis | ||||
| 1990 | $6,085 | -28.7% | ||
| 1991 | $5,595 | -8.1% | ||
| 1992 | $6,101 | +9.0% | ||
| 1993 Multi-year low as post-crisis oversupply persisted. | $5,161 | -15.4% | ||
| 1994 | $5,464 | +5.9% | ||
| 1995 | $6,214 | +13.7% | ||
| 1996 | $6,165 | -0.8% | ||
| 1997 | $5,647 | -8.4% | ||
| 1998 Asian financial crisis weighed on demand. | $5,540 | -1.9% | ||
| 1999 | $5,404 | -2.5% | ||
| 2000s: China Supercycle & the 2008 Crash | ||||
| 2000 | $5,436 | +0.6% | ||
| 2001 Cyclical low amid global slowdown. | $4,484 | -17.5% | ||
| 2002 Multi-decade nominal low. | $4,060 | -9.5% | ||
| 2003 Start of the China-led commodity supercycle. | $4,895 | +20.6% | ||
| 2004 Price nearly doubled on Chinese demand. | $8,513 | +73.9% | ||
| 2005 | $7,380 | -13.3% | ||
| 2006 | $8,781 | +19.0% | ||
| 2007 Supply disruptions (Indonesia) plus supercycle demand. | $14,537 | +65.6% | ||
| 2008 Peaked ~$25k mid-year, then crashed in the global financial crisis. | $18,510 | +27.3% | ||
| 2009 GFC demand collapse, then recovery into year-end. | $13,574 | -26.7% | ||
| 2010s: Post-Crisis Range & China Slowdown | ||||
| 2010 Recovery accelerates; tight Indonesian/Chinese supply. | $20,406 | +50.3% | ||
| 2011 Post-GFC supercycle high; annual avg record until 2021. Peaked ~$32k+ in April 2011. | $26,054 | +27.7% | ||
| 2012 | $21,126 | -18.9% | ||
| 2013 | $22,283 | +5.5% | ||
| 2014 | $21,899 | -1.7% | ||
| 2015 Broad commodity downturn; sharp slide. | $16,067 | -26.6% | ||
| 2016 | $17,934 | +11.6% | ||
| 2017 | $20,061 | +11.9% | ||
| 2018 | $20,145 | +0.4% | ||
| 2019 Trade-war/electronics slowdown pulled prices lower late in the year. | $18,661 | -7.4% | ||
| 2020s: COVID, Energy Crisis & Supply Shocks | ||||
| 2020 COVID low: dipped to ~$14,950 in April 2020 before rebounding. | $17,125 | -8.2% | ||
| 2021 Highest annual average on record: post-COVID electronics/solder demand plus supply-chain breaks and record-low LME stocks. | $32,384 | +89.1% | ||
| 2022 Intraday ALL-TIME HIGH ~$51,000/t in March 2022, then a steep H2 sell-off; annual avg just below 2021. | $31,335 | -3.2% | ||
| 2023 Demand softening after the 2021-22 spike. | $25,938 | -17.2% | ||
| 2024 Rebound on Indonesian export delays and Myanmar (Wa State) mine suspension. | $30,066 | +15.9% | ||
| 2025 New annual-average high; supply tightness persisted, Dec 2025 monthly avg ~$41k. From monthly data, not yet in WB official annual file. | $34,059 | +13.3% | ||
Tin Price Through the Decades
Tin trades on the LME as one of the smallest and least liquid base-metal markets, with demand dominated by solder for electronics, so its price history is defined by supply shocks and sharp squeezes rather than smooth cycles. After the 2000s commodity boom and the 2008 crash, tin rode the post-crisis supercycle to a then-record near $33,600 per tonne in April 2011, helped by tight Indonesian and Chinese supply. That record stood for about a decade as prices spent the 2010s largely between roughly $13,000 and $23,000.
The next defining episode was the 2021 to 2022 melt-up. A post-COVID rebound in electronics, 5G, and solder demand collided with broken supply chains and record-low LME stocks, driving a near-vertical squeeze to roughly $51,000 per tonne in March 2022, smashing the 2011 record. The move proved unsustainable: by late 2022, recession fears and destocking crushed tin back toward the high teens.
The next leg up was supply-driven and more durable. Myanmar's Wa State mining ban from August 2023, combined with chronic Indonesian export delays, produced a 2024 spike to about $35,575 before prices eased. From late 2025 a genuine deficit narrative took hold: an Indonesian export collapse and illegal-mining crackdown, persistent Myanmar feedstock shortages, and surging AI and data-center solder demand pushed tin to fresh nominal records, clearing $53,000 in mid-January 2026 and spiking to an intraday all-time high near $59,000 per tonne on June 2, 2026, before a pullback to around $50,000 to $51,000 by late June. See the live chart above for the current price.
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