Proposal to amend frequency of US delivered tin price: pricing notice

Fastmarkets selects the frequency of publication of a market assessment after considering the number of data points (deals, bids, offers, deals heard and assessments) that it can reasonably expect to collect on a consistent basis over the selected period to support the price assessment process.

This proposal follows preliminary discussions with the market as well as internal meetings to review relevant Fastmarkets’ data, which suggest that there has been low spot liquidity and price volatility.

The proposed new specifications are listed below, with the proposed amendment of price frequency in italics:

MB-SN-0011 tin grade A min 99.85% ingot premium, ddp Midwest US, $/tonne
Quality: Delivered premium over cost of tin of 99.85% purity (min) conforming to BS EN 610:1996, max 500ppm lead, total impurities must not exceed 0.15%
Quantity: Min 20 tonnes
Location: ddp Midwest US
Timing: Within 2 weeks
Unit: US dollars per tonne
Payment terms: 30-days, other terms normalized
Publication: Quarterly on the first Tuesday of the month (January, April, July, October) by 5pm New York time

This price is part of the Fastmarkets’ Base Metals package.

The consultation period for this proposed amendment starts on Tuesday February 10 and will end on Tuesday March 10. The amendment will then take place, subject to market feedback, on Tuesday April 7, 2026.

To provide feedback on this price, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and basemetals@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: US tin price.”

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 the Fastmarkets methodology page.