Manganese production by country

Manganese is a chemical element with the symbol Mn and atomic number of 25. It is found as an oxide in nature in many minerals, such as pyrolusite. The free element is a metal with important industrial metal alloy uses. Manganese ions are variously colored, and are used industrially as pigments and as oxidation chemicals. Manganese ions function as cofactors for a number of enzymes; the element is thus a required trace mineral for all known living organisms.

List of countries

Country

Production

Reserves

World

20,000,000

1,700,000,000

Pilbara Manganese, a subsidiary of Consmin, operates the Woodie Woodie manganese mine

In 1932 Hanson wrote the book on Manganese deposits of Canada.

The province of Nova Scotia has several occurrences and had economic mining activity from 1860 for 80 years. Most of the occurrences lie along the south shore of the Bay of Fundy, for example Manganese Mines. An exception is the New Ross NS hard rock mine.
New Brunswick was mined for manganese during the 1800s, for example near Woodstock NB and Shepody, New Brunswick.

The Kalahari Manganese Field located in the Northern Cape of South Africa is a source of manganese.