Global tin mine output was about 290,000 tonnes in 2025, according to the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, as reported in a mineral exploration guide published by Farmonaut. The chart accompanying the guide labels the country figures as thousand tonnes of contained tin (estimate) for the top eight producing countries. On that basis, China produced about 71,000 tonnes, Indonesia about 61,000 tonnes and Peru about 33,000 tonnes.
The source does not provide prices or price forecasts for tin, so this article does not address market price movements. The United States has no tin mine. According to the USGS, as cited in the same guide, the country relies on imports for 77% of its refined tin.
The 77% figure refers to refined tin consumption and import reliance, not to mine output, and should not be read as a share of world mine production. An example of a listed tin developer is Elementos, which trades on the ASX. Its quarterly report for the period to 30 June 2026, lodged with the ASX on 23 July 2026, describes the Oropesa tin project in Andalusia, Spain, as being at the permitting, financing and offtake stage, following a 2025 definitive feasibility study.
The report gives cash of about A$40.3 million. The company describes Oropesa as the most advanced tin development project in Europe. This is the company's own claim and not an independent ranking.
The guide also cites S&P Global figures, as reported by BusinessDay, showing that global exploration budgets for non-ferrous metals were about US$12.4 billion in 2025, down 1% and the third consecutive annual decline. The S&P commodity breakdown cited in the source does not include tin, so these figures should be treated as general context for the wider mining sector and not as tin-specific data. The guide recommends that investors, licence owners and consultants verify any tin explorer through public filings.
Key checks include the qualified or competent person behind the technical report, the reporting standard used (for example the JORC Code for ASX-listed companies), and the company's cash position relative to its planned spending. The guide is a commercial publication and its own figures are secondary; the primary references for the data discussed here are the USGS tin chapter and the Elementos ASX filing. Sources: USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, Tin (pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026-tin.pdf); Elementos quarterly report, ASX, 23 July 2026 (announcements.asx.com.au); S&P Global exploration budget data as reported by BusinessDay, 9 April 2026; Farmonaut, Mineral Exploration Companies: Types, Spend, How to Vet (farmonaut.com/mining/mineral-exploration-companies), reviewed November 2026.
Source: farmonaut.com