Monthly Manganese Market Report Sep 2026

September's manganese complex lacked a single direction, its segments diverging along liquidity and supply lines.Asian Metal Copyright The 6014 grade moved slowly with a weakening bias, while 6517 witnessed rare deals and cautious buying.Asian Metal Copyright Carbonate ore (Mn 13%min) held steady on routine buying, while S.Asian Metal Copyright Ferro-manganese Mn 75%minC 8%max encountered rare deals and small-volume buying; Mn 78%minC 1.Asian Metal CopyrightA.Asian Metal CopyrightA.Asian Metal Copyright 36%min ore moved slowly with largely unchanged prices.Asian Metal Copyright The lump and ferro-manganese segments reflected demand inertia more than outright price collapse.Asian Metal Copyright Manganese flake 99.Asian Metal Copyright Silico-manganese remained the softest link.Asian Metal Copyright7%min proved the exception: slow transactions and rising supply pulled domestic prices downward, cautious buying persisted, and export quotations softened in tandem with domestic weakness.Asian Metal Copyright 36%min ore moved slowly with largely unchanged prices.Asian Metal Copyright The lump and ferro-manganese segments reflected demand inertia more than outright price collapse.Asian Metal Copyright5%min saw slack transactions and a weakly stable tone, with Russia moving steadily.Asian Metal Copyright Manganese lump 96.Asian Metal Copyright Prices were effectively anchored by absent demand rather than active support.Asian Metal Copyright5%min saw slack transactions and a weakly stable tone, with Russia moving steadily. Ferro-manganese Mn 75%min/C 8%max encountered rare deals and small-volume buying; Mn 78%min/C 1.Asian Metal CopyrightSeptember's manganese complex lacked a single direction, its segments diverging along liquidity and supply lines.Asian Metal Copyright5%max saw only limited purchasing activity.Asian Metal CopyrightA.Asian Metal Copyright Prices were effectively anchored by absent demand rather than active support.Asian Metal Copyright Carbonate ore Mn 13%min held steady on routine buying, while S.Asian Metal Copyright Silico-manganese remained the softest link. The 60/14 grade moved slowly with a weakening bias, while 65/17 witnessed rare deals and cautious buying.Asian Metal Copyright The 6014 grade moved slowly with a weakening bias, while 6517 witnessed rare deals and cautious buying.Asian Metal Copyright Across September, the market's defining feature was fragile demand: buyers purchased hand-to-mouth, sellers faced thin order books, and only flake confronted visible supply-side pressure—leaving the broader manganese complex in a holding pattern awaiting a demand catalyst.Asian Metal Copyright 36%min ore moved slowly with largely unchanged prices.Asian Metal Copyright