Launch of Singapore tin ingot premium

Fastmarkets has launched an FOB Singapore tin spot premium assessment, with tin poised to be a critical mineral in the ongoing global energy transition and Asia a key region for the metal’s production and consumption.

The initial assessment will be published on Tuesday August 6.

The specifications are as follows:

MB-SN-0045 – Tin 99.9% ingot premium, fob Singapore, $/tonne
Quality: Ingot. 99.9% tin purity conforming to LME specification: BS EN 610:1996 with 200-300 ppm lead content
Quantity: Min 5 tonnes
Location: FOB Singapore, premium on top of LME cash prices
Timing: Within two weeks
Unit: USD/tonne
Payment terms: Cash against document, telegraphic transfer, other terms normalized
Publication: Once every two weeks. Tuesday, 3-4pm London time

The price will be a part of the Fastmarkets base metal price package.

To provide feedback on the price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price, please contact Yiwen Ju/Zachary Tia by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Yiwen Ju/Zachary Tia re: Singapore tin ingot premium.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology

What to read next
Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-MNO-0002 manganese ore semi carbonate index, 36.5% Mn, fob Port Elizabeth, which was published incorrectly on Friday June 5 due to incorrect source data.
Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for PIX Packaging Europe indices via an open consultation process between May 7 and June 8, 2026. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.
The MB-MNO-0003 Manganese ore semi carbonate index, 36.5% Mn, cif Tianjin, $ per dmtu was published in error as $4.75 per dry metric tonne unit. It has been corrected to $4.74 per dmtu. The rationale for the same index on the same date was also updated to reflect this change. It erroneously stated that “Fastmarkets’ manganese ore semi-carbonate […]
The publication of Fastmarkets’ price assessments for MB-FEO-0004 molybdenum, MB drummed molybdic oxide Mo, in-whs Busan; for MB-FEO-0003 molybdenum, drummed molybdic oxide, 57% Mo min, in-whs Rotterdam; and for MB-FEO-0001 ferro-molybdenum, 65% Mo min, in-whs Rotterdam, was delayed on Monday June 8 owing to slow data processing.
Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale for its MB-NI-0247 Nickel sulfate premium, cif Japan and Korea, which was published incorrectly on Friday June 5 due to a reporter error.
The eight assessments will cover the United States for tissue jumbo/parent rolls made from wood pulp and recycled pulp for both retail and away-from-home markets. The new prices will replace the price estimates currently published in Fastmarkets’ US Tissue Monthly Data report and will be a part of the Fastmarkets tissue package. The new prices will […]