A summary of South32's production results for its manganese ore and alloy business in the financial year ended September 30, 2020, as stated in its quarterly report released on Monday October 19.
In brief:
Total manganese ore grew by 3% year on year and 19% quarter on quarter. The company attributed a 3% quarterly increase in Australian manganese ore production to favorable ore grades and an improvement in primary concentrator output, which more than offset lower volumes of its premium concentrate ore (PC02) fines product. One of the four furnaces at its Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Co (Temco) ferro-manganese project remained offline during the reporting period, leading to a 7% drop...