Tin prices have been surging, and surprisingly, the returns have been better than even gold so far in 2025. “The first ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff blitz has shocked financial markets, but the LME base metals complex got an early ...

For most of the history of industrial electronics, solder has been pretty boring. Mix some lead with a little tin, figure out how to wrap it around a thread of rosin, and that’s pretty much it.

The two most commonly used types of lead-free solder are SnAgCu (tin-silver-copper, also called SAC) and SnCu (tin-copper). SnAgCu alloy with 3% silver and 0.5% copper (SAC305) was initially ...

This transformation is called tin pest, which can be avoided by combining tin with other elements, like, you know, lead. Given the much debated issue over the reliability of new lead-free solders ...