In the coming years, Russia could restore its tin mining industry and once again become one of the largest producers, according to plans recently filed by the largest mines and the authorities in the Far East regions of the country where most of the reserves are based. Russian reserves for tin metal total 2.17 million metric tons (mt), which is more than 1.5 times the known reserves in China, the world's largest tin producer in 2013. Today, however, tin mining in Russia is almost nonexistent.
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