Tin price on 25 April 2025

Purchase of Pewter by kilo for recycling - Tin Selling

Metalcash buys all pewter objects by kilo, old or new, even broken or damaged. The pewter price varies depending on the quality of the object and the price. You should know that pewter objects are never pure, they contain between 65% and 95% of tin. We purchase Tin (symbol Sn) based on an average percentage of 80% in the alloy. These prices are what we pay for the minimum quantity displayed, for smaller quantities, the purchase prices are lower, contact us to find out our prices purchase for individuals.

 

Where do you find tin?

Thetin is in a lot of old items, including crockery, pots, plates, potteries but also beer ducts, solder bars and figurines, ammunitions, bearing shells, tinplates, liquor capsules, tin foil and balls. The industries have also tin wastes called drosses which can contain tin (Sn) mixed with silver (Ag). This drosses are bought more expensive, please contact us for an estimation of the price.

 

Tin price in England

The tin price isn't fixe, it depends on the first hand on its trading course, then, for each item, the price is calculated on base of the tin density in the alloy. We offer the best price for mixed food tin. The legal title is of 80%, but there are a lot of old tin items below this percentage. To know precisely the concentration of tin in an item, you have to make a X-fluorescence analysis with a machine called spectrometer.

 

Tin or Zamak? How to recognized it?

The tin and the zamak are two metals which seem similars, but they are not.
The zamak is much stronger than the tin (3 times more for the basic metal) and its density is weaker. Toe know the percentage of tin in an alloy, you have to use a spectrometer.

A few tips to recognized a false tin without spectrometer:

Please note that the hallmark is not always a reliable indication what concerned tin items.

 

Best price in Europe for large quantities of tin

We offer the best price for the purchase of tin by kilo. We buy throughout Europe and we make your payment by bank on the day of your delivery. If you have a quantity of tin greater than 5000kg, do not hesitate to contact us for a personalized price offer. Weighing, analysis and payment made easy. Price displayed = Price paid.

 

Tin (Sn) course on the 5 last days

The tin course varies depending on the London Metal Exchange (LME) which is the worldwide industrial center of the metals trade. The course is updated 2 time from Monday to Friday, a first session is established at about 12h40 and a second at about 16h00. Please note that during some legal holidays,the Bourse of the London Metal Exchange is closed.

LME three-month metal hit $33,130 per metric ton on Wednesday, a level last traded in June 2022. Currently trading at $32,000, tin is now up by 27% since the start of the year.

 

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