Manganese Top Stories

New sponge can remove toxic metals, recover critical minerals from contaminated water

Researchers developed a new sponge that can remove heavy metals like lead and cobalt from contaminated water, leaving safe, drinkable water behind.

Staff Writer | May 14, 2023 | 4:00 am

Rio Tinto to co-fund Finnish solution to recover critical minerals, metals from mine wastewater

Weeefiner and Sensmet are developing a solution that will be…

Staff Writer | May 10, 2023 | 5:05 am

US to speed up South32’s Hermosa manganese-zinc project

The Arizona-based project is the first mining asset added to…

MINING.COM Editor | May 8, 2023 | 5:43 am

New Zealand to review risk and benefits of seabed mining

Seabed mining is allowed in New Zealand but it has…

Reuters | May 5, 2023 | 7:21 am

No mining allowed in six new Indigenous reserves in Brazil

Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ Da Silva issued a decree creating six…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 30, 2023 | 12:05 pm

Eramet raises earnings target despite New Caledonia woes

Attractive metal prices allowed Eramet to absorb high shipping costs.

Reuters | October 25, 2021 | 7:57 am

South Africa’s manganese output expected to grow – report

Despite low prices, Roskill expects South Africa’s manganese output to increase strongly over the next decade.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 24, 2021 | 6:56 am

Appetite for ‘green energy metals’ drives deals

Demand for copper, nickel, lithium, and cobalt has risen sharply, driven by the global move to lower carbon emissions and electric vehicle makers chasing battery ingredients.

Trish Saywell - The Northern Miner | October 18, 2021 | 12:22 pm

Value of battery metals in new electric cars up 180% to $600m

In August, MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index hit the second best total on record as lithium, nickel and cobalt prices continue to rise.

MINING.com Editor | October 15, 2021 | 2:26 pm

Green Energy Metals: Eight companies with big ambitions

Companies on the global hunt for lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt, and PGMs wherever they are.

Marilyn Scales - The Northern Miner | October 15, 2021 | 1:23 pm

Canadian companies to use Czech manganese for li-ion battery cathode materials

Sourcing the metal from the Chvaletice project, Euro Manganese will develop manganese products for use in cathode materials made by Nano One.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 15, 2021 | 6:06 am

Europe’s carmakers face raw material bottleneck for EV batteries

Major carmakers like Volkswagen, Daimler and Stellantis have been racing to secure battery cell supplies in Europe.

Reuters | October 13, 2021 | 6:28 am

NMC to remain the dominant EV battery cathode type until 2030 – report

Fitch expects the NMC chemistry to remain dominant, owing to the superior energy density of high-nickel variations, which improve vehicle range and charging speeds.

MINING.com Editor | October 3, 2021 | 2:58 pm

Value of battery metals in new electric cars surges 177% year-on-year

Lithium hydroxide prices are up 162% year to date and average lithium use per electric vehicle basis, including hybrids, jumped 19.5% year over year.

MINING.com Editor | September 23, 2021 | 11:36 am

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