Indonesia, Malaysia and Russia are Asia’s main producers, ranked 2nd, 6th and 8th in
the world respectively in terms of tin in concentrate production. Although
Russia is disputed to have some of world’s 3rd biggest tin reserves,
however, the average grade is lower (average of 0.4%) than other global
deposits. Russian production fell sharply (by 40%) in the early 1990’s,
with production continuing to fall. The Novosibirsk Tin Combine (NOK) is
Russia's biggest tin producer.
Malaysia’s tin production has dropped significantly recently, but
demand is on the rise, with Malaysian tin production anticpated at 8000 t in
2000, an increase from 1999’s 7300 t. These figures are a far cry from
production in the early 1970’s when preoduction topped 76 800t in 1972.
Malaysia has the third largest tin reserves in the world, with several
deposits economically recoverable.
Indonesia is the world’s 2nd largest producer (after China), producing 26% of the world's annual tin output at 40 000t of tin in concentrate in 2000. Most of Indonesia’s deposits are mined by dredging methods.
