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Buchans Minerals Corp. (TSXV:BMC) and its partner, Minco plc (LSE:MIO), provided the results of a preliminary bench-scale pre-concentration program conducted on a composite sample from Buchans’ Plymouth deposit, located at its New Brunswick-based Woodstock manganese property.
Mining Weekly reported that Transnet Freight Rail is putting together the first distributed power train for manganese. It will be made up of 208 wagons and is aimed at increasing the amount of manganese that is exported from Port Elizabeth and Coega in South Africa.
Silver Bull Resources Inc. (TSX:SVB,NYSE:SVBL) announced that the work completed at its Ndjole license over the past two years includes the drilling of three holes that intersect thick, near-surface manganese mineralization.
OM Holdings Ltd. (ASX:OMH,OTC Pink:OMHLF) announced that for the first quarter of 2012 manganese production at its Bootu Creek mine reached the highest level seen yet.
Mineweb reported that South Africa’s preliminary statistics for mining production and sales for February 2012 are the lowest they have been since 1961, but manganese volume increased by 29 percent.
Platts reported that South African logistics group Transnet will spend $37.8 billion on capital projects, such as increasing the volume of manganese, as part of a seven-year Market Demand Strategy.
Mining Weekly reported that Transnet Port Terminals has reconfirmed that South Africa’s manganese export facility will be relocated to the Port of Ngqura by 2015/16.
Mining Weekly reported that a maiden manganese resource of 13.9 million tons at 24.6 percent manganese has been announced at Segue Resources Ltd.’s (ASX:SEG) South African project.
Mining Weekly reported that according to Gabon’s Mines Minister, BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP,LSE:BLT) will meet with the government of Gabon on April 16 to finalize a convention for the development of a manganese mine.
