www.ferroalloynet.com: Although China's manganese ore resources are relatively abundant, there are obstacles such as low grade, high impurities, high mining costs, and strict environmental protection controls, resulting in low domestic manganese ore production and the market's dependence on imports larger.
Australia is an important country in terms of manganese ore reserves and output in the world. According to statistics and data released by the US Geological Service USGS, in 2022, Australia's proven manganese ore reserves will exceed 270 million tons, making it the world's third largest manganese ore resource reserve country after South Africa and Brazil. In the same year, Australia's manganese ore reserves exceeded 9.4 million tons, making it the world's third largest manganese ore producer after South Africa and Gabon, with China as its main export destination. Australian manganese ores are confidentially related to the domestic manganese series market.
At this meeting, Ms. Zhan Yaxi from the Australian Accelerate Resources mining company gave us a detailed analysis report on the mineral resource trends in the Australian manganese ore industry.
Ms. Zhan Yaxi mainly made a detailed analysis from the current situation and scale of Australian manganese ore mineral resources, Western Australia manganese ore companies, and future development opportunities. Ms. Zhan Yaxi said that Australia’s annual manganese ore ranks third, second only to South Africa and Gabon. Australia’s manganese ore export volume in 2022 will be approximately 3 million tons. Among the current status of manganese ore mineral resources in Australia, South32 in the Northern Territory ranks first in the Northern Territory. In contrast, Western Australia has supporting infrastructure and strong state government support, and has also developed rapidly in recent years.
Characteristics of Western Australia manganese ore belt: Western Australia manganese ore enrichment area is large, nearly 300 places have found manganese enrichment, mostly surface enrichment or outcrop, Western Australia manganese ore mineralization principle of the overall research degree is high, in recent years the exploration results are remarkable.
Then, Ms. Zhan Yaxi discussed the distribution and resource quantity of manganese ore in Western Australia, the 2021 statistics of Western Australia Land Transport Bureau, Western Australia mining development infrastructure, Western Australia government's investment in mining development and infrastructure, Woodie Woodie Mine high-quality mine highlights the competitive advantage, Accelerate Resources mining company Woodie Woodie North project, mineral processing experiment results and other directions detailed analysis of Western Australia manganese ore status.
Finally, Ms. Zhan Yaxi said that the business opportunities for the development of the manganese ore industry focus on the following three points:
China's manganese ore industry is highly dependent on foreign countries;
The risk of price fluctuations is high. The number of high-manganese grade mines is decreasing year by year, and production costs are increasing. And if there is a lack of understanding of the market, blind development will result in a waste of resources;
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