Copper is the hot metal for investors thanks to a 38% price rise over the last 12 months but there is another industrial metal, tin, which has also risen by 38% with a repeat of past price ...

LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - Recession worries and consumer belt tightening have hit demand for electronic goods, which is feeding through to weaker consumption of soldering metal ... Sign up here ...

The metal has been used since ancient times. From the Bronze Age until the 18th century, when it was supplanted by porcelain, tin was the main ... finance and markets, sign up to Money Talks ...