India’s manganese ore import volumes rose by 16% y-o-y to 0.52 million tonnes (mnt) in April 2025 compared with 0.45 mnt in April 2024, as per provisional data maintained with BigMint. However, ore imports fell by over 10% m-o-m from March due to the fiscal year end surge in steel production in March. Notably, mid-grade manganese ore (Mn35%-46%) imports constituted almost the entire share of imports, with data showing that inbound shipments of high-grade ore, Mn46% and above, were zero in April compared with 90,000 t in March.
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