Tin mining to return to Cornwall after Reeves makes £29m investment

<p>Reopening of South Crofty mine, which closed in 1998, could create 1,300 jobs for region</p><p>Tin mining is poised for a comeback in Cornwall after the UK government invested almost £29m to reopen the county’s last tin mine, creating more than 1,000 jobs in the region.</p><p>The South Crofty tin mine, near the Cornish village of Pool, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/feb/13/communities.regeneration">closed in 1998</a>, and in the years since, as tin prices have soared, attempts to reopen it have been unsuccessful.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/29/tin-mining-to-return-to-cornwall-after-reeves-makes-29m-investment">Continue reading...</a>