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

Reopening of South Crofty mine, which closed in 1998, could create 1,300 jobs for region 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. The South Crofty tin mine, near the Cornish village of Pool, closed in 1998, and in the years since, as tin prices have soared, attempts to reopen it have been unsuccessful.