Manganese Top Stories

Activists, Hollywood take down top 50 mining company

The ranks of the most valuable mining companies in the world were throughly scrambled in 2023 as governments intervened, lithium and nickel prices tumbled, gold hit records and a new listing went ballistic.

Frik Els | January 31, 2024 | 8:31 am

Manganese X signs MOU with US battery tech firm for potential offtake deal

C4V is currently involved in some of the world's largest…

Staff Writer | January 10, 2024 | 9:25 am

Blade runners: how LFP batteries brought EV metal markets back to earth

In a few short years, LFP batteries crushed nickel and…

Frik Els | January 5, 2024 | 9:48 am

The biggest global mining news of 2023

A tumultuous year for the global mining industry: collapse of…

Frik Els | December 27, 2023 | 10:01 am

Manganese may pave the way for inclusion of organic light-emitting diodes in consumer electronics

Manganese was the key ingredient in developing white and green…

Staff Writer | December 13, 2023 | 6:10 am

Pentagon ordered to probe undersea mining to counter China

Undersea mining is still illegal under international law and environmentalists rail against it for threatening ocean ecosystems with habitat damage, silt and noise.

Colin McClelland | June 30, 2023 | 10:11 am

Material intensity in EV batteries going down —report

IDTechEx says there is a trend to reduce the number of materials that provide core functionality to the battery pack.

Staff Writer | June 18, 2023 | 7:53 am

Critical material prices are recovering but the outlook is mixed

New report says lithium, nickel sulphate and rare earth prices are set to recover sharply but graphite, magnesium and titanium markets are in for more pain.

Frik Els | June 16, 2023 | 11:24 am

Greenpeace Mexico launches campaign against deep-sea mining

The international NGO says article 20 of Mexico’s new Mining Law forbids deep-sea mining in Mexican waters and that the country should push for a global moratorium.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 11, 2023 | 8:30 am