mine · South Africa
Hotazel Manganese
Operations in the Kalahari Manganese Field, the largest manganese resource on earth.
OperatingProductionProject score 73
Operator
Independent
Country
South Africa
Mine life
40 yrs
Capex
—
Profile
Resource, economics and jurisdiction
- Resource
- Very large high-grade manganese ore resource.
- Production
- A major share of global seaborne manganese ore supply.
- Economics
- Grade advantage partly offset by logistics bottlenecks.
- Infrastructure
- Rail to Port Elizabeth; capacity constraints limit throughput.
- Jurisdiction
- Moderate risk
- Ownership
- South32 and joint venture partners
- Region
- Northern Cape
Overview
What this asset is
Operations in the Kalahari Manganese Field, the largest manganese resource on earth.
Methodology
Earthern Project Score 73
Version v0.1
- Resource Quality
- 79 (weight 1.2) — Grade, continuity and metallurgical complexity of the resource.
- Project Scale
- 72 (weight 1) — Annual output potential relative to the global market for its primary mineral.
- Development Stage
- 70 (weight 0.9) — How far the asset has advanced toward or through production.
- Jurisdiction
- 77 (weight 1.1) — Political stability, permitting predictability and rule of law.
- Infrastructure
- 69 (weight 0.9) — Access to power, water, transport and processing capacity.
- Economics
- 70 (weight 1.2) — Cost position and margin resilience through the price cycle.
- Strategic Importance
- 82 (weight 1) — Relevance to national critical mineral strategies and allied supply chains.
- Supply-Chain Value
- 82 (weight 1) — Whether the asset relieves a genuine downstream bottleneck.
- Sustainability
- 68 (weight 0.9) — Carbon intensity, water use, tailings approach and community standing.
- Execution Risk
- 73 (weight 1) — Technical, financing and schedule risk to reaching nameplate output. Higher is lower risk.
Materials