One week to go: manganese's moment in Las Vegas!
Fastmarkets Global Lithium, Battery and Critical Materials 2026 | Manganese/LMFP variant
Las Vegas, USA
June 22-25, 2026
One week before the Global Lithium, Battery & Critical Materials conference opens in Las Vegas, the conversation around manganese-based battery chemistry has shifted considerably.
LMFP is no longer a speculative chemistry. Leading OEMs and energy storage developers are actively qualifying manganese-rich cathodes, and the upstream implications for producers and processors are starting to crystallise. The question for IMnI members is not whether the opportunity is real. It is whether they are positioned to capture it.
This is precisely what the 2026 event is designed to address.
Sessions directly relevant to IMnI members include:
- How OEMs and energy storage developers are qualifying LMFP and high-manganese cathode materials today, and what specification requirements look like in practice
- The policy and funding environment driving material localisation in North America, and where manganese fits in the critical minerals designation landscape
- Grid-scale energy storage as a demand driver: how the scaling of ESS deployment is creating a separate and growing demand signal for manganese, independent of EV cycles
- Procurement priorities across the downstream: what buyers are looking for in supplier relationships, and how the bar on traceability and supply security is rising
Who is in the room
More than 1,000 senior decision-makers attend from across mining, processing, battery materials, OEMs, energy storage, government and finance. The procurement teams, project developers and investors your members need to be in front of are already registered.
The event is built for commercial interaction: pre-arranged one-to-one meetings, closed-door roundtables, a packed show floor and multiple networking receptions. For manganese producers and processors, the week offers a concentrated, structured opportunity to engage directly with downstream buyers at a moment when chemistry qualification decisions are being made.
IMnI members can register at a special rate. Contact us for your discount code, or use the link below to secure your place.
