Automaker demand sparks revival of U.S. manganese mining after decades

Australian mining and metals firm South32 goals to speed up growth of the primary new U.S. manganese mine for many years as carmakers rush to safe provide of the metallic wanted in electrical car batteries.

Automakers are “tremendous eager” to safe provide from the corporate’s Clark Deposit in Arizona, which might turn out to be the one native supply of the metallic, Chief Government Officer Graham Kerr stated in an interview. “In all probability the larger problem is can we get it to them fast sufficient?”