Updates

Last week, a meeting of representatives of the Partnership for Mineral Security (SMEs) took place in London. The joint statement announces support for mining, processing and recycling projects for mineral resources.

Last week, the Conference on Raw Material Security of the Visegrad Four and the Western Balkans took place in Prague. As part of its EU Presidency, the Czech Republic has pledged to strengthen the EU's raw material security.

We participated in the 9th annual Waste Prevention 2023 conference, which took place on September 19, 2023 at the T-Mobile Magenta Experience Center in Prague.

In March this year, the European Commission published the European Critical Raw Materials Act. Its aim is to ensure EU access to a secure, diversified, affordable and sustainable supply of critical raw materials, which now includes manganese for battery applications.

In December 2022, MANGAN Chvaletice submitted to the competent authority, the Ministry of the Environment, the Documentation of the Assessment of Environmental Impacts and Impacts on Public Health of the project, the so-called “large-scale EIA”.

We are pleased to announce that our parent company, Euro Manganese Inc., has entered into a preliminary purchase agreement for high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM) with Verkor, a low carbon battery manufacturer seated in Grenoble, France.

For the past several weeks, our employees have been preparing to launch the operation of the demonstration plant at the EP Chvaletice site. It is scheduled to be launched at the end of the first quarter of this year.