Moanda manganese mine
One of the richest manganese deposits.
- Material
- Manganese
- Stage
- Mine
- Place
- Moanda, Haut-Ogooué, Gabon
- Coordinates
- 1.56° S, 13.27° E (approximate)
Seen from orbit
- Heat
- 0 of the last 7 days and 0 of the last 30 had furnace-hot pixels within 6 km (NASA FIRMS).
Signals show activity, not output. They are measured automatically and can be affected by weather, terrain and fires.
Facts
- Gabon mined about 5.0 Mt of manganese in 2025, second after South Africa (USGS)
- High-grade ore, shipped through Owendo