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High-purity manganese sulphate, Guangxi
Nanning, China22.82°N 108.32°E
computed criticality37/100
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China ≈95% of world HPMSM refining (battery grade)
2024Fault line
High-purity manganese sulphate, indispensable to NMC cathodes and manganese-rich chemistries, is ≈95% refined in China. The ore comes from Australia, Gabon or South Africa, but the purification step exists almost nowhere else. Western projects remain at pilot stage.
Actors
CITIC Dameng (Nanning)
Guizhou Red Star (Guizhou)
Firebird Metals (pilot)
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