The global tin market is booming, with prices reaching record highs and a sharp decline in deliverable reserves on the London and Shanghai exchanges. The development of artificial intelligence and its data centers, electrification, and the deployment of semiconductors have driven up demand for a metal essential for electronic soldering—the glue of technology. Faced with this growing demand, global supply is faltering: the world’s two largest producers, Indonesia and Myanmar, are grappling with regulatory tensions and operational instability. Against this backdrop, the Oropesa project , the mining operation that Minas de Estaño plans to launch in Fuente Obejuna (Córdoba), continues to advance its administrative procedures with the aim of starting production as soon as possible, which would cover 10% of the European Union’s annual demand.

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