Driving sustainable investment in African Mining

Ruth Menz

Senior Mining Engineer Ghana Manganese


2025 Agenda Sessions

Manganese: Still an unspoken critical mineral?

 Part of the Redefining Critical Minerals programme (hosted as part of the Disruptive Discussions agenda on Wednesday)

  • South Africa's manganese production - when does EV supply become a reality?
  • Emerging African manganese miners - key to building steel Africa's steel infrastructure or the world's batteries, or both?
  • Mature operations - taking the lead on community participation for the just energy transition?
  • The off-takers view - is there an awareness that manganese is a critical mineral? 
  • Manganese sulphate for EV batteries - what you need to know about this high purity version of manganese

Wednesday 05 February 11:50 - 12:35 CTICC1

Disruptive Discussions

Add to calendar 02/05/2025 11:50 02/05/2025 12:35 Manganese: Still an unspoken critical mineral?

 Part of the Redefining Critical Minerals programme (hosted as part of the Disruptive Discussions agenda on Wednesday)

  • South Africa's manganese production - when does EV supply become a reality?
  • Emerging African manganese miners - key to building steel Africa's steel infrastructure or the world's batteries, or both?
  • Mature operations - taking the lead on community participation for the just energy transition?
  • The off-takers view - is there an awareness that manganese is a critical mineral? 
  • Manganese sulphate for EV batteries - what you need to know about this high purity version of manganese
CTICC1 Africa/Johannesburg