After in-depth research, SMM has learned that a comprehensive environmental inspection will be carried out in Gejiu, Yunnan. Some local refined tin smelters have scheduled production suspensions for maintenance. It is predicted that the refined tin output in Yunnan will see a slight decline in May due to the combined impact of this environmental inspection and the production suspensions.

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