1.   When the tin price collapsed, the miners formulated a plan to keep the mines open under their control with reduced costs.

2.   All this at a time when tin prices are soft.

3.   Copper, nickel, lead and tin prices climbed, while aluminum and zinc declined.

4.   Plantation stocks and mining companies gained, amid higher palm oil and tin prices.

5.   AN EXPLOSION in the tin price to levels not seen for many years could follow a production shortfall, according to a prominent London metals trader.

6.   At the meeting, Sukor said the higher tin prices had generated interest among local tin miners to search for new mining land to revive the industry.

7.   He did not deny the fact that the recent depreciation of the ringgit had pushed up the tin price at the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market.

8.   However, interest in the industry has been revived with the increase of tin prices on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market recently.

9.   However, the cheaper local tin price, did not boost overall trading on the KLTM.

10.   If indeed it is true thatspeculators are preventing tin prices from reflecting its truefundamentals, then how long can the prices stay depressed?