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Manganese ore is a mineral resource. Manganese ore refers to mineral resources containing manganese elements, which usually have high hardness. It is one of the basic bulk raw material minerals necessary for industrial production, and is also an important raw material to support the development of emerging industries such as new energy and new materials.
Manganese ore has a very important strategic position in the national economy. More than 90% of it is used in the metallurgical industry, especially the steel industry, and is known as "no manganese, no steel". In the steelmaking process, ferromanganese is used as a reducing agent for deoxidation and desulfurization to improve the quality and output of steel. In addition, manganese ore is also used to manufacture mechanical parts, equipment for aircraft and ships, and standard resistance wires. In the field of new energy, manganese ore is an important raw material for batteries, especially manganese dioxide, which is widely used in battery manufacturing.
The global manganese ore resources are unevenly distributed, and the main rich mines are concentrated in countries such as South Africa, Australia, Brazil and Ukraine. In China, the main producing areas of manganese ore include Guangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan and Jiangxi.
