Tin price history, 1960 to 2026

LME cash averaged $55,385/t in August 2026, +64% over twelve months and +201% over ten years. The nominal all-time high was $55,385/t in August 2026; in 2024 dollars the real peak was $71,323/t in October 1978. Monthly averages, World Bank Pink Sheet.

LME cashTin, standard grade, LME spot (IMF)

Derived price statistics per series
Series	Latest	1 month	12 months	5 years	10 years	20 years	All-time high (nominal)	All-time high (real, 2024 US$)
LME cash $/t, since 1960	55,385 August 2026	+5%	+64%	+58%	+201%	+551%	55,385 August 2026	71,323 October 1978
Tin, standard grade, LME spot (IMF) $/t, since 1992	52,882 July 2026	-0%	+57%	+55%	+197%	+533%	53,238 May 2026	50,027 June 2026

Percentage changes compare the latest monthly average with the monthly average 1, 12, 60, 120 and 240 months earlier. Real prices deflate by the US consumer price index (BLS via FRED) to 2024 dollars.

Prices are monthly benchmark averages that may lag the market; informational only, not investment, legal or trade advice. For what these benchmarks mean and how they are set, see how tin is priced.

Monthly tin prices by decade

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LME cash ($/t)

LME cash monthly prices, 1960s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1960	2,180	2,180	2,174	2,178	2,163	2,185	2,249	2,205	2,227	2,227	2,205	2,189	2,197
1961	2,163	2,187	2,249	2,308	2,377	2,467	2,520	2,606	2,630	2,606	2,668	2,619	2,450
1962	2,610	2,624	2,652	2,615	2,533	2,414	2,377	2,350	2,350	2,359	2,407	2,366	2,471
1963	2,350	2,350	2,359	2,427	2,496	2,500	2,482	2,496	2,573	2,590	2,687	2,782	2,508
1964	2,873	3,060	2,959	2,879	2,910	3,265	3,452	3,512	3,933	4,372	4,105	3,633	3,413
1965	3,457	3,391	3,585	3,944	4,215	4,132	3,966	4,092	4,209	4,010	3,821	3,869	3,891
1966	3,926	3,878	3,772	3,763	3,688	3,516	3,514	3,428	3,378	3,362	3,320	3,336	3,573
1967	3,303	3,309	3,318	3,351	3,358	3,367	3,362	3,292	3,267	3,281	3,298	3,192	3,308
1968	3,126	3,111	3,113	3,106	3,084	3,084	3,075	3,062	3,071	3,111	3,320	3,258	3,127
1969	3,228	3,245	3,243	3,305	3,355	3,380	3,439	3,470	3,470	3,534	3,642	3,818	3,427

LME cash monthly prices, 1970s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1970	3,843	3,768	3,796	3,849	3,737	3,543	3,499	3,620	3,646	3,669	3,616	3,497	3,674
1971	3,466	3,464	3,527	3,563	3,521	3,448	3,457	3,479	3,525	3,490	3,534	3,671	3,512
1972	3,627	3,631	3,790	3,845	3,766	3,741	3,732	3,755	3,803	3,759	3,702	3,730	3,740
1973	3,790	4,028	4,288	4,270	4,348	4,531	4,963	5,005	5,011	5,359	5,573	6,462	4,802
1974	6,504	7,419	8,219	9,207	9,306	9,041	8,547	8,788	9,167	7,410	7,403	7,203	8,185
1975	7,677	7,557	7,383	7,130	6,898	6,927	6,810	6,775	6,559	6,347	6,281	6,175	6,877
1976	6,241	6,508	6,903	7,123	7,449	7,767	8,497	8,084	7,961	7,972	8,122	8,400	7,586
1977	9,487	10,227	10,373	9,597	9,844	9,628	10,417	11,310	11,158	12,154	12,677	12,785	10,805
1978	12,121	12,150	11,422	11,006	11,704	12,357	12,414	12,995	13,889	15,256	15,036	14,154	12,875
1979	13,854	14,526	15,022	15,137	15,362	16,136	15,781	14,793	15,399	16,012	16,361	16,987	15,448

LME cash monthly prices, 1980s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1980	17,013	17,100	17,470	17,017	17,042	17,224	17,091	17,018	17,308	16,692	15,616	14,707	16,775
1981	14,333	13,633	13,633	13,365	12,664	12,604	13,358	14,485	14,935	15,113	15,836	15,952	14,159
1982	16,133	15,993	12,766	12,618	12,736	11,087	11,317	12,196	12,676	12,414	11,982	11,993	12,826
1983	12,083	13,034	13,426	13,793	13,523	13,354	13,193	12,826	12,755	12,751	12,773	12,346	12,988
1984	12,118	12,298	12,406	12,445	12,583	12,662	12,439	12,302	12,091	11,745	11,991	11,722	12,234
1985	11,073	10,946	11,211	11,806	11,910	12,386	12,756	12,647	12,325	12,391	9,903	9,114	11,539
1986	7,910	7,923	7,314	5,686	5,474	5,378	5,387	5,404	5,397	5,543	6,092	6,428	6,161
1987	6,713	6,688	6,632	6,700	6,747	6,610	6,405	6,556	6,406	6,764	6,927	6,829	6,665
1988	6,808	6,690	6,773	6,753	6,778	7,036	7,149	7,323	7,409	7,253	7,312	7,337	7,052
1989	7,410	7,874	8,761	10,196	10,144	9,936	9,605	8,716	8,270	7,922	6,837	6,744	8,535

LME cash monthly prices, 1990s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1990	6,592	6,156	6,271	6,391	6,325	6,096	5,924	5,905	5,707	6,061	5,981	5,615	6,085
1991	5,623	5,584	5,517	5,560	5,702	5,711	5,670	5,639	5,570	5,550	5,506	5,510	5,595
1992	5,477	5,616	5,632	5,839	6,121	6,619	6,989	6,780	6,643	6,017	5,723	5,756	6,101
1993	5,901	5,791	5,659	5,591	5,504	5,113	4,973	4,809	4,494	4,681	4,641	4,778	5,161
1994	4,943	5,443	5,405	5,386	5,504	5,509	5,311	5,162	5,321	5,474	6,161	5,947	5,464
1995	6,199	5,478	5,532	5,872	5,927	6,671	6,669	6,992	6,328	6,221	6,387	6,290	6,214
1996	6,272	6,196	6,196	6,481	6,412	6,192	6,250	6,110	6,102	5,942	5,992	5,836	6,165
1997	5,878	5,883	5,909	5,713	5,711	5,566	5,443	5,428	5,496	5,561	5,658	5,514	5,647
1998	5,206	5,243	5,477	5,715	5,875	5,970	5,654	5,692	5,486	5,432	5,478	5,258	5,541
1999	5,110	5,269	5,360	5,393	5,649	5,266	5,230	5,230	5,343	5,431	5,842	5,721	5,404

LME cash monthly prices, 2000s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	5,928	5,642	5,458	5,384	5,451	5,457	5,344	5,305	5,474	5,282	5,270	5,234	5,436
2001	5,171	5,122	5,046	4,949	4,945	4,828	4,351	3,896	3,695	3,751	4,042	4,019	4,485
2002	3,862	3,731	3,843	4,024	4,150	4,286	4,331	3,834	3,957	4,242	4,230	4,237	4,061
2003	4,436	4,571	4,605	4,566	4,737	4,695	4,739	4,823	4,912	5,237	5,363	6,058	4,895
2004	6,485	6,673	7,620	8,956	9,459	9,205	9,044	9,022	9,020	9,045	9,070	8,554	8,513
2005	7,736	8,089	8,407	8,144	8,125	7,619	7,169	7,189	6,784	6,423	6,160	6,714	7,380
2006	7,051	7,826	7,940	8,853	8,837	7,896	8,419	8,502	9,039	9,768	10,079	11,159	8,781
2007	11,362	12,933	13,893	14,053	14,140	14,100	14,738	15,174	15,023	16,071	16,692	16,263	14,537
2008	16,337	17,210	19,804	21,659	24,062	22,229	23,139	20,026	18,369	14,402	13,644	11,240	18,510
2009	11,373	11,039	10,676	11,744	13,793	14,986	14,039	14,870	14,869	15,009	14,942	15,547	13,574

LME cash monthly prices, 2010s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	17,715	16,362	17,549	18,684	17,566	17,320	18,191	20,755	22,701	26,343	25,519	26,163	20,406
2011	27,465	31,526	30,591	32,363	28,676	25,520	27,398	24,042	22,527	21,869	21,292	19,375	26,054
2012	21,439	24,293	22,985	22,201	20,405	19,271	18,546	18,773	20,771	21,234	20,713	22,881	21,126
2013	24,546	24,212	23,297	21,662	20,776	20,267	19,564	21,644	22,735	23,102	22,827	22,762	22,283
2014	22,064	22,821	23,024	23,405	23,271	22,762	22,424	22,231	21,091	19,830	20,033	19,830	21,899
2015	19,454	18,234	17,422	15,901	15,804	15,065	15,072	15,164	15,453	15,795	14,745	14,692	16,067
2016	13,808	15,610	16,898	17,033	16,707	16,967	17,826	18,427	19,500	20,100	21,126	21,204	17,934
2017	20,692	19,446	19,875	19,910	20,200	19,659	20,223	20,521	20,797	20,376	19,558	19,476	20,061
2018	20,697	21,652	21,212	21,291	20,859	20,661	19,730	19,229	18,967	19,121	19,065	19,260	20,145
2019	20,458	21,264	21,393	20,604	19,524	19,193	17,978	16,609	16,831	16,603	16,335	17,141	18,661

LME cash monthly prices, 2020s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	17,029	16,480	15,291	14,953	15,402	16,838	17,470	17,650	17,951	18,177	18,522	19,732	17,125
2021	21,920	26,316	27,061	28,328	32,246	32,503	34,020	35,024	34,887	37,723	39,159	39,423	32,384
2022	41,792	43,983	43,950	42,991	35,769	31,559	25,396	24,647	21,124	19,391	21,250	24,172	31,335
2023	28,154	26,863	24,000	25,794	25,534	27,217	28,743	26,075	25,574	24,536	24,168	24,600	25,938
2024	25,100	26,104	27,450	31,775	32,978	32,033	31,860	31,492	31,472	32,012	29,655	28,865	30,066
2025	29,612	31,833	34,048	32,565	31,981	32,544	33,610	33,834	34,484	36,012	36,963	41,220	34,059
2026	49,538	48,694	47,324	48,806	53,563	53,037	52,971	55,385					51,165

Tin, standard grade, LME spot (IMF) ($/t)

Tin, standard grade, LME spot (IMF) monthly prices, 1990s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1992	5,483	5,612	5,637	5,836	6,113	6,632	6,980	6,784	6,643	6,026	5,736	5,766	6,104
1993	5,913	5,793	5,666	5,596	5,505	5,115	4,979	4,819	4,511	4,687	4,644	4,782	5,168
1994	4,951	5,442	5,406	5,383	5,493	5,498	5,301	5,173	5,319	5,479	6,139	5,936	5,460
1995	6,188	5,431	5,516	5,854	5,925	6,647	6,641	6,966	6,334	6,210	6,382	6,276	6,197
1996	6,257	6,189	6,205	6,467	6,402	6,184	6,246	6,110	6,094	5,933	5,994	5,826	6,159
1997	5,871	5,874	5,901	5,708	5,705	5,560	5,436	5,423	5,493	5,557	5,651	5,506	5,640
1998	5,200	5,236	5,469	5,707	5,868	5,968	5,651	5,690	5,480	5,424	5,478	5,262	5,536
1999	5,103	5,262	5,293	5,382	5,643	5,263	5,210	5,224	5,337	5,425	5,835	5,719	5,391

Tin, standard grade, LME spot (IMF) monthly prices, 2000s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	5,926	5,669	5,464	5,398	5,438	5,461	5,330	5,314	5,472	5,266	5,265	5,227	5,436
2001	5,169	5,121	5,050	4,950	4,952	4,830	4,344	3,929	3,698	3,749	4,059	4,022	4,489
2002	3,868	3,725	3,851	4,026	4,153	4,303	4,314	3,832	3,962	4,242	4,229	4,227	4,061
2003	4,445	4,572	4,593	4,561	4,734	4,678	4,733	4,802	4,907	5,227	5,363	6,058	4,890
2004	6,432	6,663	7,602	8,909	9,392	9,159	9,022	9,021	9,016	9,043	9,039	8,474	8,481
2005	7,706	8,106	8,442	8,134	8,099	7,604	7,181	7,228	6,771	6,415	6,174	6,763	7,385
2006	7,067	7,789	7,949	8,860	8,793	7,859	8,356	8,437	8,975	9,810	10,038	11,126	8,755
2007	11,331	12,890	13,787	13,953	14,162	14,079	14,733	15,047	14,989	16,068	16,661	16,245	14,495
2008	16,311	17,270	19,799	21,646	23,854	22,133	22,956	19,935	18,307	14,423	13,674	11,292	18,467
2009	11,563	11,075	10,689	11,830	13,815	15,005	13,923	14,762	14,936	15,037	14,966	15,589	13,599

Tin, standard grade, LME spot (IMF) monthly prices, 2010s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	17,710	16,352	17,509	18,635	17,565	17,258	18,207	20,733	22,694	26,237	25,403	26,104	20,367
2011	27,439	31,620	30,591	32,348	28,571	25,520	27,398	24,057	22,527	21,869	21,292	19,387	26,051
2012	21,548	24,293	22,985	22,115	20,295	19,255	18,546	18,676	20,771	21,234	20,713	22,881	21,109
2013	24,599	24,212	23,302	21,590	20,782	20,267	19,564	21,638	22,735	23,102	22,827	22,762	22,282
2014	22,064	22,821	23,024	23,405	23,271	22,762	22,424	22,231	21,091	19,830	20,033	19,830	21,899
2015	19,454	18,234	17,422	15,901	15,804	15,065	15,072	15,164	15,453	15,795	14,745	14,692	16,067
2016	13,808	15,610	16,898	17,033	16,707	16,967	17,826	18,427	19,500	20,100	21,126	21,204	17,934
2017	20,692	19,446	19,875	19,910	20,200	19,659	20,223	20,521	20,797	20,376	19,558	19,476	20,061
2018	20,697	21,652	21,212	21,291	20,859	20,661	19,730	19,229	18,967	19,121	19,065	19,260	20,145
2019	20,458	21,264	21,393	20,604	19,524	19,193	17,978	16,609	16,831	16,603	16,335	17,141	18,661

Tin, standard grade, LME spot (IMF) monthly prices, 2020s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	17,029	16,480	15,291	14,953	15,402	16,838	17,470	17,660	17,951	18,177	18,522	19,732	17,125
2021	21,920	26,316	27,061	28,328	32,284	32,503	34,020	35,024	34,887	37,723	39,159	39,423	32,387
2022	41,792	43,983	43,950	43,022	35,992	31,890	25,396	24,660	21,124	19,391	21,250	24,149	31,383
2023	28,000	26,863	24,000	25,644	25,594	27,217	28,743	26,040	25,574	24,501	24,168	24,603	25,912
2024	25,143	26,104	27,452	31,540	32,934	32,033	31,860	31,554	31,554	32,012	29,665	28,861	30,059
2025	29,579	31,798	34,180	32,303	31,944	32,544	33,610	33,835	34,528	36,012	36,963	41,403	34,058
2026	49,134	48,694	47,324	48,566	53,238	53,037	52,882						50,411

Method

Nominal prices are the source's monthly averages in US dollars, stored in the source's unit and never mixed on one chart. Real prices divide each month by the US consumer price index for all urban consumers (BLS series CPIAUCSL, via FRED) and multiply by the 2024 average, so they read as "2024 dollars". Changes are ratios of monthly averages. The all-time high is the highest monthly average, not an intraday peak.

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Cite as: Commodity Origins, "Tin price history (1960–2026)", https://commodityorigins.com/prices/tin/, data 2026-09-02. Data updated 6 September 2026.