What’s wrong with tin demand?

摘要

Whilst tin has seen some of the most pronounced production cuts (both intentionaland unintentional) on falling prices it is worth remembering that tin is currently theonly base metals for which MBR is forecasting a global contraction in demand in 2015.Lead may join it, but the jury is still out on battery metal for the moment. Copper isexpected to see demand up by nearly 2%, zinc and nickel are expected to see rises ofclose to 4%, whilst aluminium remains the stand out at 5.8%. But tin on the otherhand is expected to show a contraction in demand of 2.3%.