BMC produced 2,143 tonnes of manganese product during the June quarter from colluvial sources, bringing stockpiles to 7,056 tonnes (net of sales) at the end of June. BMC then went on to produce 2,045 tonnes of manganese in the month of July 2015, being record ...

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Unlisted Consolidated Minerals at the end of last week suspended operations at its Woodie Woodie manganese mine, in Western Australia, citing the current record low price for manganese ore.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Shaw River Manganese has joined Consolidated Minerals and OM Holdings in waving the white flag over manganese mining operations, calling in Pitcher Partners as voluntary administrators late last week.

A reserve of more than 192 million tonnes of manganese ore, believed to be the largest in Asia, has been discovered in southwest China's Guizhou Province, it was announced Friday.

Diversified spin-off South32 on Thursday reported that it was on track to meet production guidance for the majority of its upstream operations, despite reporting a drop in second-quarter and half-year output.

South32, the world’s largest manganese producer, said second-quarter output of the steelmaking ingredient fell by about a third after it halted mines and reviews operations to help weather the rout in commodities prices.

According to the customs statistics of Brazil, the total export volume of manganese ore in December 2015 was 222,210 tons (material quantity), down by 0.8% from 224,039 tons in the prior month.

South Africa's mining production contracted 0.8% in November 2015 compared with a year ago, after contracting sharply by 4.7% in October, Statistics SA data showed.