Tin continued to be unaffected by global macroeconomic pressures and reached a new year-to-date peak of $32,775 per tonne on the afternoon of Wednesday July 14, while other base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange ended the day's session with lower prices.
The three-month price for tin closed 0.8% higher on Wednesday at $32,661 per tonne compared with Tuesday's 5pm price, with its all-time high of $33,600 from April 2011 within reach.The region had already shut its smelters in May due to the effects of...