By Shane Lasley
Data Mine North
Overlooked tin connects the Digital Age
Critical Minerals Alliances 2022 - September 12, 2022
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Last updated 9/15/2022 at 3:08pm
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Tin alloy solder is the glue that makes the electrical connections in autonomous and electric vehicles, advanced robotics, renewable energy, and computers.
From flashlights to supercomputers, tin is the glue for an electronic age
Lost in the clamor for lithium, nickel and other metals needed for the batteries powering electric vehicles and modern electronics, or the rare earth elements that turn stored energy into motion, is the enormous need for a much more modest metal that is so fundamental to the advancement of technology that it almo...
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