Electrolytic Manganese Committee
Overview:
This Committee is open to companies manufacturing manganese-based electrolytic products such as electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) and electrolytic manganese metal (EMM). End-uses for such products range from batteries to stainless steel.
Today, the production of EMM and EMD is mostly Chinese.
The Electrolytic Mn Committee:
- Focuses the activities of the IMnI on behalf of the global manganese industry to include the specific interests of producers of electrolytic manganese metal and electrolytic manganese dioxide. Collects, organizes and distributes aggregated, historical trade data for the products of the membership.
- Acts as a forum for discussion of industry matters relating to the development and use of the products produced by the EPD membership.
Committee Chairman
Zhan Haiqing
Zhan Haiqing is the Chairman of South Manganese Group Co., Ltd. and a senior engineer with a professor-level title. He has dedicated 30 years to the development planning of the manganese industry and the research and development of deep-processing manganese products, gaining extensive experience in mining infrastructure, manganese ore extraction, and related deep-processing operations. His expertise also encompasses corporate management and operations.
He serves as the Deputy Director of the Expert Committee of the National Manganese Industry Technology Committee, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Manganese Industry Branch of the China Mining Association, the President of the Guangxi Manganese Association, and an external mentor for graduate students at Guangxi University. He has received numerous accolades, including Outstanding Enterprise Manager and Golden Phoenix Award, and recognition as one of the Top 10 Figures in the Electrolytic Manganese Industry and a Young or Middle-aged Expert in Intellectual Property in Guangxi.
Additionally, he is a senior technical expert in China’s metallurgical mining industry, a technical expert in the manganese sector, and a high-level expert in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. He has actively transformed Guangxi’s manganese industry, upgraded manganese products, extended the industrial chain, and enhanced the added value of manganese resources. Under his leadership, his research team has developed and produced various manganese-based new energy materials, including power battery-grade electrolytic manganese dioxide, lithium manganese oxide, and manganese tetroxide. This team has filled critical gaps in Guangxi’s manganese industry; and many of its members have become top-notch technicians in the field.
Committee Members
Madelein Todd (Vice-Chairwoman)
Eduardo Isla
James Fraser
Koki Okumura
Jean-Thibault de Besombes
IMnI
Laurent MONTCOUTIE
Executive Director
A French national, Laurent has more than 20 years of experience in the metals industry. His metals career started at Eramet where he held various leadership positions in Tokyo, Paris, Taipei and then Shanghai.
More recently, Laurent ran from Singapore the Asian non-ferrous metals book of a Swiss commodities physical trading house, prior to leading from France partnership development and metal feedstock procurement in the traction battery value chain.e.
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Eva Yang
China Representative
Eva Yang joined the IMnI in August 2018 as China representative. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Anhui University of Technology. Prior to joining IMnI, she has worked for Eramet Comilog and OM Holdings over the last years, and already knows most of the Chinese IMnI Members. Eva's mission is to further improve the market research coverage of the Chinese market, facilitate networking between China and the rest of the world, and organise IMnI events in China.
IMnI
Miao Yu
Market Research Analyst
Miao Yu started at the International Manganese Institute in 2021 as Market Research Analyst, and is in charge of collecting information on the manganese, steel and battery markets, in China and in the rest of the world.
