TIN MINING’s return to Cornwall after nearly three decades received a boost last week with a £28.6m (US$35.4m) investment from the UK National Wealth Fund (NWF). Canadian company Cornish Metals, which ...

Generations of miners dug out copper, and later tin, from South Crofty mine in Redruth, Cornwall, for more than 400 years - Hugh Hastings/Getty Images Rachel Reeves’s National Wealth Fund has ...

Indonesia, the world’s largest exporter of refined tin, saw shipments fall by 33% to 46,000 tons in 2024. The country’s mine production fell by 28% last year due to restrictions on mining ...

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A FULL revival of tin mining operations can potentially be lucrative ventures for governments in states with high tin deposits. Malaysia’s tin reserves – ranked the third largest in the world ...

After the belts whirred to a halt and workers left Cornwall’s last operating tin mine for a final time in March 1998, a question was painted on its outer wall: “Cornish lads are fishermen and ...

It is hoped more than 300 jobs will be created by reopening South Crofty tin mine Nearly £30m is to be invested in the reopening of Cornwall's South Crofty tin mine in a scheme expected to create ...

This evening and early part of the night will be dry with clear skies. It will turn cloudier after midnight with spells of rain moving in from the north-west. Rain clearing to showers towards dawn ...

Rachel Reeves’s National Wealth Fund has invested £28.6m into reviving a historic Cornish tin mine as ministers race to hit net zero targets. The investment is part of a £56m funding round ...