Global tin premiums were static in the week to Tuesday August 25, with the metal's subdued three-month price on the London Metal Exchange doing little to spur buying activity, while a returning backwardation and concerns over tight supply further limited interest in spot sales.
Backwardation pressure keeps European market quietUS market eyes upside amid falling stocksImport losses cool Chinese buying activity.Spread tightness for LME tin came amid continuing concerns over global concentrate shortages, with China's plans to stockpile some 40,000 tonnes of tin giving the greatest concern that the world's largest tin producer was struggling to source...