HomeNewsIn-Depth Cost remains defining factor in manganese purchasing decisions, but green drivers emerge The green agenda is developing in the steel market but upstream decisions concerning buying manganese ore are overwhelmingly based on price rather than environmental issues. However, smelters are taking steps to reduce their carbon emissions, according to market participants. Steelmakers have increasingly relied on direct reduction to reduce sintering because of the carbon emissions involved in the sintering of iron ore fines. This is part of an identified move... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Jon Stibbs Sybil Pan February 08, 2023 12:41 GMT London, Shanghai Keywords manganese ore silico-manganese sintering carbon emissions Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}