Ghana’s soaring manganese ore output boosts competition in alloy raw materials

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A sharp increase in manganese ore production from Ghana sinceearly last year has led to increasing volumes of the ore being sold asraw material for China’s manganese alloy market, in addition to itstraditional application, manganese metal, market sources toldFastmarkets.The world’s largest manganese metal producer, China’s NingxiaTianyuan Manganese Industry Co (TMI), agreed in 2016 to buyJersey-headquartered manganese producer Consmin, owner ofGhana Manganese Corp and the Woodie Woodie manganeseproject in Australia.