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State-owned Transnet has confirmed that its manganese export facility at the Port of Port Elizabeth will be transferred to the neighbouring Port of Ngqura by October 2023, where the commodity will continue to serve as an important catalyst for economic growth and development.

During a site visit on Thursday, Nelson Mandela Bayexecutive mayor Athol Trollip said the municipality would continue to cooperate with Transnet to attract greater manganese export volumes through Ngqura, while minimising potential negative impacts on livelihoods and convenience for the community.

Responding to recent public concern over manganese dust emissions, Port of Port Elizabeth manager Rajesh Danaoutlined a five-point manganese management plan formulated by Transnet.

“We do not dispute the fact that our manganese operation in the Port of Port Elizabeth creates an inconvenience to porttenants and residents. However, as a responsible corporate citizen we have superior operational and compliance controls in place to mitigate these negative impacts.

“Our independent scientific data confirms that the current operations do not pose any medical harm to the health of employees and residents,” he said.

He noted, however, that the five-point plan would include reviewing controls with emphasis on dust suppression systems; continued analysis and collation of data relating to air emissions and environmental impacts thereof, with appropriate remediation action and the establishment of a hotline to register any public concerns around manganese.

He added that Transnet would also continue to employ innovative technologies, seeking guidance from the International Manganese Institute to ensure its operationsremained safe and efficient.

While the total yearly throughput capacity of the bulk ore terminal at Port Elizabeth is 5.1-million tons, no more than 250 000 t of manganese ore is stockpiled at the terminal at any given time

The global manganese carbonate market currently demonstrates the presence of numerous small and medium-scale companies. As per a new Transparency Market Research (TMR) report, intense competition exists among these enterprises engaged in the manufacturing different grades of manganese carbonate. In order to gain a stronger hold in the market, companies such as American Elements, Alfa Aesar, Zncus Chemical Co., Ltd., and GFS Chemicals, Inc. are investing in the research and development of novel grades of manganese carbonate. These companies are working closely with consumers to develop products that cater to their dynamic preferences.

Besides these, the leading companies in the market are also looking to expand their production capacities by capitalizing on untapped opportunities in emerging markets. Due to the prevalence of these factors, the degree of competition in the market is expected to remain high through the forecast period from 2015 to 2023.

The rising use of manganese carbonate as an essential agriculture micronutrient will considerably fuel their sales. This chemical is often added to plant fertilizers as a treatment for crops with manganese-deficiency. Agricultural sector still holds dominance across several emerging economies in Asia Pacific and Latin America. Hence, these regions are projected to provide lucrative opportunities for manganese carbonate manufacturers, as they exhibit high demand for micronutrient fertilizers.

“Since, manganese carbonate is used as a colorant in ceramics and porcelain products, their increasing use in the homeware industry will fuel demand from the manganese carbonate market,” observed the author of the TMR study. The homeware market witnesses lucrative opportunities in Asia Pacific and the Middle East and Africa. Demand for porcelain and ceramics is thus high across these regions, which translates into increased opportunities for manganese carbonate sales.

One of the key factors favoring growth of the manganese carbonate market in emerging regions such as Latin America, Africa, and Asia Pacific is that a majority of manganese reserves are concentrated in these regions. However, “Region-specific concentration of manganese reserves have resulted in lesser global opportunities for manufacturers,” states the TMR analyst. This limits the market’s expansion in developed economies. Furthermore, the majority of manufacturers have signed agreements with mining companies located in close vicinity. This in turn hinders the entry of new players in the market in the absence of favorable agreements.

Facing a federal complaint and legal pressure from the city, a bulk storage operator on the Southeast Side will stop storing toxic manganese outside and suspend barge transfers during high winds to reduce harmful dust blowing into surrounding neighborhoods.

Pittsburgh-based S.H. Bell Co. agreed last month to follow a plan outlined by the Chicago Department of Public Health after Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration rejected the company’s proposed overhaul of the way it handles manganese, a heavy metal used in steelmaking that can permanently damage the nervous system and trigger learning difficulties, memory loss and anxiety.

Neighbors are increasingly concerned about the facility, prompted in part by what they have learned about problems with a similar S.H. Bell operation in Ohio and by preliminary results from a University of Illinois at Chicago study that tested the toenails of neighborhood children for manganese.

About 20,000 people, including 1,730 children age 5 and younger, live within a mile of S.H. Bell’s Chicago facility.

The promised improvements come more than three years after investigators stumbled across the storage terminal, between 101st and 103rd Streets, while taking a closer look at two nearby sites that stored dusty piles of lung-damaging petroleum coke along the Calumet River.

Since then neighborhood activists have urged federal, state and local authorities to crack down on local polluters with the same intensity that forced petcoke storage operators to eliminate their piles and change their handling practices.

“We cannot wait any longer,” representatives from a coalition of neighborhood and health groups wrote in a Dec. 19 letter to Emanuel, citing an urgent need to protect children in light of the UIC manganese study.

The UIC researchers have not published their results. But they have told neighborhood groups that their preliminary findings suggest children in the area have higher manganese levels than kids from other parts of the city, according to the letter.

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