Yunnan Tin Company Limited

Chinese tin giant mining, smelting, and processing tin, indium, and metals

What Yunnan Tin does

Yunnan Tin mines and refines metals, mainly tin, plus indium, zinc, copper, silver, and gold. It turns much of its tin into solders, tin chemicals, and tin-plated sheets that electronics and other manufacturers use. It is based in Kunming, was founded in 1883, and sells in China and abroad under the YT brand.

How Yunnan Tin makes money

It makes money by mining and smelting non-ferrous ores and selling refined metals such as tin ingots, indium, cathode copper, zinc, silver, and gold. It also sells processed tin products like solders and tin chemicals, and has smaller trading, investment, and finance lease businesses.

Products & services

• YT brand tin ingots and high-purity tin
• High-purity indium ingots
• Lead-free solders, solder pastes, and BGA solder
• Organic and inorganic tin chemicals
• Cathode copper and zinc alloys
• Silver and gold products