Manganese battery opportunity highlighted by US grant to South32’s Hermosa project

The use of manganese in batteries for battery electric vehicles is being increasingly explored, with density, charge, costs and durability being among the factors that are putting the hard grey metal with which South Africa is well-endowed on a pedestal. The latest highlight of this is the selection of a North American manganese project being developed by Johannesburg-, Sydney- and London-listed South32 for a financial grant to support the potential development of a commercial-scale manganese production facility.