Manganese Metal Company (MMC) in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, the only non-China producer of electrolytic manganese metal, is developing a new facility to diversify its product line of battery-grade manganese.

The company uses ore from manganese mines in the Northern Cape operated by South32 to produce battery-grade manganese that is used (as a replacement for cobalt) to make lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, for example...

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