Minsur Rolls Out Tin Tracing to Prove Metal Is Conflict-Free

  • Peruvian firm expands traceability for all production of tin
  • Company plans to bring gold and Brazilian tin into the system
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One of the world’s biggest tin producers is rolling out a digital tracking system for all of its output as the formal mining industry steps up efforts to distinguish itself from minerals produced illegally or unethically.

Minsur SA — controlled by the Brescia family, one of Peru’s wealthiest — plans to track about 29,000 metric tons of tin a year, including its production in Brazil. Eventually, the Minespider traceability system would also cover gold mined in Peru, Minsur spokesman Gonzalo Quijandria said in an interview Monday.