Botswana has awarded Giyani Metals a 15-year mining licence, the company announced on Wednesday, paving the way for it to become the country's first battery-grade manganese producer.
Two main types of rechargeable batteries (lithium-manganese oxide batteries and lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide batteries) rely on manganese to function. Thanks to a sustained, growing focus ...
Giyani's Kgwakwe Hill project will process manganese oxide material on-site to produce high-purity manganese sulphate, making it one of the few battery-grade manganese projects outside China. The ...
Leclanché is using niobium-based XNO-branded anode material from Echion Technologies in a lithium-ion cell, aiming it at heavy duty e-mobility, rail and ...