Insight
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December 5, 2025
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3 minute read
Top 5 EV cell suppliers by manganese deployed
Over the first nine month of 2025, a total of 55.7 kt of manganese were deployed onto roads globally in the batteries of all newly sold passenger EVs (BEVs, PHEVs and HEVs) combined, 5% more than the same months last year.
Growth rates for manganese deployment were on par with that of cobalt (+5% to 45.1 kt) but well below nickel (+13% to 257.7 kt) as the trend towards higher nickel content battery chemistries, including NCM and NCMA, continues and mid-nickel cathodes (around 30% or less Mn content) go into a slow retreat.
