Hold off on recycling those old metal containers - with basic DIY skills and a bit of ingenuity, you can find plenty of uses ...

Don't limit yourself to a dozen muffins. Bake as little or as many as you want using this easy Mason jar lid hack for perfect muffins every time.

Copper is the hot metal for investors thanks to a 38% price rise over the last 12 months, an increase matched by tin which could soon outperform copper.

Not since the advent of the tin can telephone have we seen such an ingenious use for cast-off cans! Designer and recent graduate of Northumbria University Jack Bresnahan has created a set of nine ...

Tin wouldn't come anywhere near the top of most people's list of the most important elements, yet the history of our species is very closely entwined with this dull grey metal.

Years ago, at an employer's suggestion, Fry started making tin necklaces. Tin was difficult to cut into circles, but then she realized she had a kitchen full of these circles: can lids.

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about why bottles have those new attached lids now. That’s all well and good ― but what about HOW to drink from them without one of the ridged cap sides ...

Pernickity binmen refused to take ring pulls left in a recycling basket because they were not attached to the cans. They also left bean tin lids because they were not clean enough, and crushed ...

The metal has been used since ancient times. From the Bronze Age until the 18th century, when it was supplanted by porcelain, tin was the main ingredient in alloys used for kitchenware. Yet it is ...

News UK News Chocolate Woman slams Lindt's 'pathetic' new sharing tins after opening lid in disbelief Swiss chocolate maker Lindt has enraged one confectionery fan after they opened up a one of ...

Recession worries and consumer belt tightening have hit demand for electronic goods, which is feeding through to weaker consumption of soldering metal tin, but output cuts mean the market is ...