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The metal that makes strong.
Manganese ore, offered by grade. The deoxidiser and alloying element behind virtually all of the world’s steel, and a growing input to lithium-ion batteries.
- Symbol
- Mn
- Form
- Manganese ore
- Grade, packaging & tonnage
- On enquiry
No commercial exists.
Manganese removes oxygen and sulphur, then stays on as the alloy that gives steel its strength and toughness. Nothing else does both jobs at industrial scale.
- Into steel
- ≈ 90%
- Density
- 7.21 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 1,246 °C
- Role
- Deoxidiser + alloy
of all manganese mined goes into steel.
The rest splits between ferro-alloys, battery cathodes and chemical use. Grade and packaging confirmed per enquiry.
What manganese .
From the steel in every building to the batteries in the next generation of vehicles.
Stronger, tougher steel.
The deoxidiser and alloying element in virtually every tonne of steel produced worldwide.
Ferro- & silico-manganese.
Smelted into the alloys steelmakers add by the tonne.
A growing role in cathodes.
Reinforcing the built world.
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