Raw materials
Tin metallurgy and recycling
Article REF: M2314 V2
Raw materials
Tin metallurgy and recycling

Author : Jacques DE CUYPER

Publication date: March 10, 1999 | Lire en français

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1. Raw materials

1.1 Minerals. Deposits and mining

Tin (table 1 ) is found concentrated in nature in deposits most often associated with granitic intrusions (figure 1 ). It is found either in veins and veinlets (primary deposits), or in eluvium and alluvial placers derived from the alteration of the original tin-bearing rock (secondary deposits).

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