Miners in Indonesia risk their lives every day by illegally diving up to 65 feet underwater with minimal equipment. Top-earning miners make about $13 a day. The tin they mine gets used in common ...

Tin, a long way from being as indispensable as rubber, is also a less ugly picture from the supply side. No. 1 use (45% of consumption) of tin is for coating the cans in which U. S. citizens get ...