MSC dismisses acceptability issues involving its tin output

Nov 23, 2010 | 11:26 AM |

Malaysia Smelting Corp. Bhd (MSC) has rejected suggestions that new ethical stipulations to ensure conflict-free tin will affect the acceptability of its output, which is sourced partially from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

"Tin production from DRC constitutes less than 5 percent of the current world production of tin and less than 15 percent of MSC tin production in 2009," Chua Cheong Yong, the company's chief executive officer, said in a....





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