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Originally Posted by ajgriff
Apparently Malaysia produced about a third of the world's tin until the 1980s when the price of tin fell through the floor. Just shows how long I've had that reel of solder
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The arrival of Malaysian tin seriously upset the Cornish tin mining industry as did tin from Australia and Bolivia, I have several tin sacks from the latter, one is shown below, they're not large sacks but extremely heavy when full of high grade concentrate, when the lorry was loaded up with them they had to use the Hanomag to push the lorry up the steep hill from the tin floors at the mine.
Lawrence.