Editing Tin (section)

===Industry===
{{further|List of countries by tin production}}

The ten largest tin-producing companies produced most of the world's tin in 2007.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

Most of the world's tin is traded on LME, from 8 countries, under 17 brands.<ref>{{cite web| publisher= International Tin Research Institute| title= LME Tin Brands| url = http://www.itri.co.uk/pooled/articles/BF_TECHART/view.asp?Q=BF_TECHART_303032| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081207093543/http://www.itri.co.uk/pooled/articles/BF_TECHART/view.asp?Q=BF_TECHART_303032| archive-date = 2008-12-07|work = ITRI.co.uk |access-date = 2009-05-05|url-status = dead}}</ref>

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|+Largest tin producing companies (tonnes)<ref>{{cite web| publisher= International Tin Research Institute |title= Top Ten Tin Producing Companies |url = http://www.itri.co.uk/pooled/articles/BF_TECHART/view.asp?Q=BF_TECHART_285697 | website= itri.co.uk |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081207093527/http://www.itri.co.uk/pooled/articles/BF_TECHART/view.asp?Q=BF_TECHART_285697| archive-date = 2008-12-07|access-date = 2009-05-05|url-status = dead}}</ref>
|-
!Company||Polity||2006||2007||2017<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.thebalance.com/the-10-biggest-tin-producers-2012-2340292| title= The World's Biggest Tin Producers| work= The Balance| date= 13 January 2019}}</ref>||2006–2017<br />% change
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Yunnan Tin]]
| style="text-align:left" | China
|52,339||61,129||74,500||42.3
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[PT Timah]]
| style="text-align:left" | Indonesia
|44,689||58,325||30,200 ||−32.4
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Malaysia Smelting Corp]]
| style="text-align:left" | Malaysia
|22,850||25,471||27,200 ||19.0
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Yunnan Chengfeng]]
| style="text-align:left" | China
|21,765||18,000||26,800 ||23.1
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Minsur]]
| style="text-align:left" | Peru
|40,977||35,940||18,000 ||−56.1
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[EM Vinto]]
| style="text-align:left" | Bolivia
|11,804||9,448||12,600 ||6.7
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Guangxi China Tin]]
| style="text-align:left" | China
|/||/||11,500 ||/
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Thaisarco]]
| style="text-align:left" | Thailand
|27,828||19,826||10,600 ||−61.9
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Metallo-Chimique]]
| style="text-align:left" | Belgium
|8,049||8,372||9,700 ||20.5
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Gejiu Zi Li]]
| style="text-align:left" | China
|/||/||8,700 ||/
|}

The [[International Tin Council]] was established in 1947 to control the price of tin. It collapsed in 1985. In 1984, the Association of Tin Producing Countries was created, with Australia, Bolivia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, and Zaire as members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Agreement establishing the Association of Tin Producing Countries [1984] ATS 10 |url=http://www3.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1984/10.html |website=Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library }}</ref>