The task of agreeing on regulations by mid-2023 is "seemingly insurmountable".

Japanese scientists discovered that high-valent transition metals destabilize lattice oxygen in oxide-based battery materials.

Assmang halts KwaZulu-Natal manganese operations amid South African riots.

Battery Hill now has a measured resource of 11.26 million tonnes grading 6.75% manganese and 10.96% iron.

Surging demand and prices for commodities including platinum-group metals, iron ore, manganese and coal are generating record mining-company profits and bolstering government revenue.

The Pacific island nation has notified a United Nations body of plans to start deep-sea mining, giving the International Seabed Authority two years to complete long-running talks on rules governing the new and controversial industry.