Articles Tagged "CVE:WS"

Manganese Finds New Markets in Battery Technology

The use of manganese and electrolytic manganese metal in emerging battery technology could provide a much needed new market for manganese. The size of this market is truly immense, from mobile electronics, the automotive industry and even electrical power plants being developed at Stanford.

Lack of Investment Hurts Manganese Producing Countries

The rising price of manganese has shed light on the lack of infrastructure spending, which has hurt the profitability of manganese operations. South Africa needs to increae the capacity of railway lines and ports to ship out more of the material. Also, India explores the ocean depths for manganese resources.

New Ore Process Creates Advantage for US Steel Producers

A new proprietary process for the treatment of manganese ore being developed by American Manganese may decrease the competitive advantage held by Chinese steel manufactures over the steel producers in the US. The new economic and environmentally friendly process can produce high quality manganese from low grade ore.