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Strong winds, possibly damaging, are expected in South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania on Monday, ahead of a very active week.

Manganese: the next hot battery metal By Tim Boreham, Editor, The New Criterion Move over lithium, graphite, cobalt and copper: manganese is fast emerging as the next ‘battery metal’ story to titillate investors. The back story is similar: with manganese usage dominated by China and supply emanating from largely unattractive or unreliable geographies, western world car and battery makers are desperate to get their paws on the processed high-grade material. For eons, manganese has been used ...