In 1989, he formed a band, Tin Machine, to play low-key club gigs - but met with a lukewarm response.

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South Crofty originally closed in 1998 after the price of tin hit an all time low, a decrease which started in 1985.

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South Crofty mine originally closed in 1998 after the price of tin hit an all-time low.

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The perhaps predictable result is that the bankers lived up to the low expectations of their common sense, and devised ever more clever ways to raid the biscuit tin without being seen.

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The modular tin cans that took us to the moon and back, and have kept us in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ever since, will eventually be superceded by full-scale space cities.

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Aluminum and tin also fell to seven-week lows Monday, while nickel hit a nearly 10-week low and zinc hit an eight-week low.

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