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Manganese is an essential element in steelmaking and batteries. Ukraine is estimated to have the largest total reserves in the world at 2.4 billion tons. However, the deposits are of fairly low grade ...

President Donald Trump has reignited global trade tensions by imposing sweeping tariffs on major trading partners, including ...

Manganese is an essential element in steelmaking and batteries. Ukraine is estimated to have the largest total reserves in ...

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