Electric Vehicles
EV Demand Sparks Revival of US Manganese Mining After Decades
- Carmakers need new sources of the battery metal, South32 says
- Mine would challenge China’s supply chain dominance: CEO
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South32 Ltd. aims to accelerate development of the first new US manganese mine for decades as carmakers rush to secure supply of the metal needed in electric vehicle batteries.
Automakers are “super keen” to secure supply from the company’s Clark Deposit in Arizona, which would become the only local source of the metal, Chief Executive Officer Graham Kerr said in an interview. “Probably the bigger challenge is can we get it to them quick enough?”