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Critical · 2 lists

Manganese · Mn

base_metal · primary

USGS_2022

USGS_2025

Bottom line

Manganese sits on 2 federal critical-minerals lists; mine supply is concentrated (HHI 0.26, 2025), led by 🇿🇦 South Africa at 40% of output. The US is 100% net import-reliant (2025). Prices fell 19% over the past year (-4%/yr over 4y).

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Headline indicators

Price · 2025

5dollars per metric ton unit

USGS MCS (Price, average, manganese cont)

Price trend

-19% 1Y

-4%/yr · 4Y CAGR

US net import reliance · 2025

100%

Mine production HHI

0.26

Concentrated · 2025

From ore to use

lifecycle flow

01Reserves
1.7Bt
Australia leads · 34% share
02Production
19.9Mt
South Africa top · 2024
03Trade
995.0Kt
net importer · 2025

Coverage

Data coverage notes

no dataNo commodity-decomposed recycling data - No USGS MCS Fig13 scrap rows. EU WEEE / battery EOL flows (Phase 6.1.1) are country-keyed only - see country profiles.
datedMaterial-flow analysis is historical - All 4 material-flow records date to 2000 or earlier (Yale STAF era). They describe the anthropogenic cycle of that period, not today's system.
datedExport-restriction inventory ends 2020 - The OECD industrial-raw-materials inventory (vendored snapshot) reports HS-line measures only through 2020; restrictions enacted since are not reflected in the measure table.

Provenance

Where this data comes from

04Stocks

200.0Kt

year-end · 2025

05Consumption

410.0Kt

Consumption, reported: Manganese ore · 2025

Methodology

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The eight-stage lens, the observed-vs-estimated membrane, stage-honest supply, per-stage concentration, ownership resolution and the demand lens - the full method is illustrated live on copper, nickel and lithium.

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BGS World Mineral Statistics
Ghana Chamber of Mines 'Mining Industry Statistics and Data' Factoid (free public PDF) - archived via `strata gh-chamber pull`; Appendix A1 parses to single-operator bauxite (Ghana Bauxite Company) + manganese (Ghana Manganese Company) production, the sole national producer of each.
iea role critical minerals
strata midstream/components census
midstream_components_seed
Minerals Council South Africa 'Facts and Figures' Datasheets XLSX (free public download) - archived via `strata mcsa-facts pull`; the Manganese + Chrome sheets parse to South Africa saleable-ore production, total-sales and export-sales SupplyRecords (2013-2024, DMPR + SARS national series). SA is the world's #1 producer of both manganese ore and chromite. All tonnages are GROSS saleable ore, never contained metal.
NI 43-101 / AIF deposit economics (tungsten + tin)
ni43101_deposits
strata ownership-control seed
ownership_control_seed
USGS DS-140 (constant 1998 USD)
USGS DS-140 (nominal)
USGS MCS (Price, average, manganese cont)
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
USGS Minerals Yearbook OFR 2025-1047
USGS Minerals Yearbook Vol III, reference year 2019
USGS ARDF
USGS Critical-Mineral Deposits
usgs_critmin_deposits_v2
USGS National Mine Waste Inventory (NMWI)
usgs_mine_waste
USGS MRDS deposits
usgs_mrds_2016
USGS Critical Minerals (PP-1802)
usgs_pp1802_global
USGS World Phosphate Mines, Deposits, and Occurrences
usgs_world_phosphate
USGS USMIN Critical Deposits
usmin_critical_deposits

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