Shutdowns of Manganese Plants Should Boost Prices

Platts reported that recent manganese alloy shutdowns are expected to cause an increase in manganese prices.

As quoted in the market news:

Last week, BHP Billiton announced the temporary shutdown of silico-manganese and ferro-manganese production at its Tasmanian TEMCO plant, while the week before Samancor Manganese permanently halted production of SiMn at its South African Metalloys plant.

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