RE:Manganese Is Energy Critical- A worthy repeat To me it looks like a lot of dog whistle postings by the pumpers.
If the truth be known. Manganese may be listed as a strategic material but manganese is a very common element and is labeled as the 5 th most common element of the earths crust. Manganese sells for just under $1. a pound and there are 6 manganese mines in the USA.
There's the Artillery Peak mine, Batesville mine, Cayuna Range mine, Chamberlin mine, Maple Mountain mine and the Milford mine.
Now some of these mines are shut down because of a low market but if the price goes up and the markets looks strong. These mines will return.
Canada has a Manganese mine in New Brunswick (the Woodstock Project) and they figure they can produce Manganese at .68 cents per pound.
If you have a mine with Chromium, Coblalt or Platinum you have a critical material that is rare but if you only have Manganese. Well, good luck.
Manganese is the fifth most abundant metal in the Earth's crust. Its minerals are widely distributed, with pyrolusite (manganese dioxide) and rhodochrosite (manganese carbonate) being the most common. ... These nodules contain about 24% manganese, along with smaller amounts of many other elements.