World Tin Mining Report and Tin Mineral Separator

Tin is an important metal in many industries, and nowdays tin is used in many alloys, the well known tin/lead soft solders, typically containing 60% or more of tin. Another large application for tin is corrosion-resistant tin plating of steel. Because of its low toxicity, tin-plated metal is also used for food packaging, giving the name to tin cans, which are made mostly of steel.

In 2006, total worldwide tin mine production was 321,000 tons, and smelter production was 340,000 tons. From its production level of 186,300 tons in 1991, around where it had hovered for the previous decades, production of tin increased 89% to 351,800 tons in 2005. Most of the increase came from China and Indonesia, with the largest spike in 2004–2005, when it increased 23%. While in the 1970s Malaysia was the largest producer, with around a third of world production, it has steadily fallen, and now remains a major smelter and market center. In 2007, the People's Republic of China was the largest producer of tin, where the tin deposits are concentrated in the southeast Yunnan tin belt, with 43% of the world's share, followed by Indonesia, with an almost equal share, and Peru at a distant third, reports the USGS.
The table below shows the countries with the largest mine production and the largest smelter output.

To extracting tin ore, you need first to get tin ore concentrate from the raw ore. In tin mineral separation, you need crushers, ball mills, feeders, screens and conveyors for the whole tin ore separation. Rotary ore washing equipment and jig concentrator and are the most commonly used mineral separator in tin ore separation.

There are many stones or gravels in the raw alluvial tin ore, which will lower the following gravity separation. So the first step is to remove the stone blocks from the raw tin ore. The mineral separator screen for alluvial tin ore washing is rotary screen. There are still a lot of impurities after screening and ore washing. So, the next step will be gravity separation, and a jig machine will be the right mineral separator for further enrichment of the tin ore.

Forui Machinery is a professional mineral separator manufacturer in China. We have a variety of ore washing equipment and jig machines and free beneficiation test can be done if 30kg ore samples are prepared by customers.