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Our quarterly tin outlook is published in our Quarterly Metals Report, which covers base, precious and ferrous metals. The impact of supply and demand fundamentals and macroeconomic implications for the tin futures and spot prices are analysed. Our research team produce a tin price range forecast as part of the report.

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Tin Outlook – Q3 2026

Tin remains supported by persistent physical tightness despite the June correction. Visible inventories have not rebuilt meaningfully, while Indonesian export constraints and Myanmar’s gradual restart continue to limit supply relief. We expect prices to remain elevated but volatile, trading mainly within $50,000–55,000/t into late September.

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The first half of 2026 was dominated by geopolitical risk, inflation concerns and shifting monetary policy expectations. As we move into H2, many of those themes remain relevant, but the market focus has become more nuanced. Investors are no longer reacting to events themselves, but to the way they influence energy prices, inflation, and ultimately policy expectations. The result is an increasingly uneven backdrop across commodity markets. Across base metals, this has produced a more selective environment in which individual supply-demand dynamics, positioning and sector-specific demand trends are playing a larger role in price formation than broad macro sentiment alone.

Q3 2026