Salient Manganese Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT MANGANESE STATISTICS¹

(Thousand metric tons, gross weight, unless otherwise specified)

		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
United States:
Manganese ore (20% or more Mn):
Exports		15		14		1		2		1
Imports for consumption		269		489		552		506		549
Consumption²		422		450		532		538		523
Stocks, December 31, consumers²		115		168		250		203		217
Ferromanganese:
Exports		24		19		5		5		2
Imports for consumption		153		326		348		401		331
Consumption		242		292		303		382		368
Stocks, December 31, consumers and producers		31		32		25		31		27
Consumption, apparent, manganese content³		451		721		699		843		794	-
Price, average:
Ferromanganese, high-carbon⁴	dollars per gross ton	1,208.16		1,403.41		1,310.57		1,230.72		1,053.83
Ferromanganese, medium-carbon⁴	cents per pound	100.52		129.09		108.43		91.30		86.87
Manganese metal⁵	do.	140.13		162.60		181.79		149.71		130.50
Manganese ore price, c.i.f.⁶	dollars per metric ton unit	7.95	^-	8.45	^r	6.67	^r	4.97	^r	4.61
Silicomanganese⁴	cents per pound	50.72		64.27		59.70		63.25		52.11
World, production of manganese ore		33,800		44,000	^r	47,000	^r	47,200	^r	51,300
^rRevised. do. Ditto.-
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
²Exclusive of iron and steel plants.
³Based on estimates of average content for all significant components except imports, for which content is reported.
⁴Platts Metals Week, dealer import prices based on annual averages.
⁵Ryan-s Notes North American transaction prices based on weekly averages.
⁶Cost, insurance, and freight, U.S. ports.