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U.S. Facing Supply Risk for Electrolytic Manganese Metal – Part One
Oct. 11, 2011 12:48PM PST
Battery MetalsMetalMiner reported that the United States is facing the risk of inadequate electrolytic manganese supply.
MetalMiner reported that the United States is facing the risk of inadequate electrolytic manganese supply.
As quoted in the market news:
Electrolytic manganese is used as an alloying element in aluminum and copper alloys, as a colorant in bricks, and combined with lithium or nickel in batteries. Indeed, its use in lithium-ion manganese batteries is its fastest and potentially most challenging application — if the US cannot access competitively priced and reliable supplies of manganese, a host of high-tech new applications will be lost to foreign competitors.
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