South Africa's Manganese Metals Company (MMC) is progressing plans to become a key supplier of ultra-pure manganese into the growing globalelectric vehicle (EV) market. The promise of a burgeoning EV market presents a new venture for the manganese processing business, which is engaging with South Africa's state-owned Industrial Development Corporation on plans to develop a small-scale 5,000 t/y manganese sulphate monohydrate?(MSM) productionplant, with a view of exporting MSM to the global market. ? Manganese has been touted by the likes of Tesla's Elon Musk as a cheaper, greener and plentiful alternative to lithium and nickel for use in carbatteries, which would significantly bring down the cost of electric vehicles, boosting penetration of greener automotives in global markets. ? To be effectively used in such batteries, the battery-grade manganese must be of an exceptionally high purity. ?
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