Tshipi offered South African semi-carbonate manganese ore with 36.5% Mn, for February delivery to China, at $4.62/mtu, up $0.72/mtu from a month ago.

South32's initial offers for Australian lump manganese ore with 45% Mn, for December delivery to China, came in at $4.42/mtu, down $0.08/mtu from a month ago.

Tshipi offered South African semi-carbonate manganese ore with 36.5% Mn, for November delivery to China, at $4.1/mtu, down $0.35/mtu from a month ago. 

SHANGHAI, Sep 2 (SMM) – South32 offered South African semi-carbonate manganese ore with 36% Mn at $4.35/mtu, for October delivery to China, up $0.55/mtu month on month.

Tshipi offered South African semi-carbonate manganese ore with 36% Mn, for July delivery to China, at $4.5/mtu, down $0.45/mtu from the first round of offers and down $1.05/mtu month on month. 

Mining company Comilog offered manganese ore originating from Gabon for July delivery, with a grade of 44.5% Mn, at $5.1/mtu for Chinese consumers, down $0.33/mtu from offers for June, SMM learned on June 10. 

About 1.2 million mt of manganese ore production in South Africa is expected to be affected by the 21-day nationwide lockdown aimed at containing the coronavirus, a local trader estimates. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the three-week lockdown on Monday March 23, including closing mines, starting from midnight Thursday March 26.

Prices of spot manganese have not received significant support from the resumption of downstream demand and have extended their slide this week. SMM expects the prices will remain weak with pressure from elevated inventories of #200 cold- and hot- rolled stainless steel.

Daily output of electrolytic manganese across the region is expected to recover to 100-200 mt in the early stage of the resumption

At Tianjin port, Australian manganese ore was mostly offered at 41-42 yuan/mtu as of December 27