Manganese is essential to steelmaking and increasingly important for batteries. Producing it is still carbon-intensive. For four years, the Horizon Europe project HAlMan has tested a different route: hydrogen pre-reduction of manganese ore followed by aluminothermic smelting with aluminium waste.
On 26 November 2026 at 14:00 CET, the consortium will present its results in a final public webinar on Webex: “Manganese production, reimagined: from HAlMan research to industrial reality.”
The programme moves from results to market:
- Project results and the road ahead: Dr. Maria Wallin and Prof. Jafar Safarian (NTNU, coordinators)
- Life cycle assessment of the HAlMan process: Athina Preveniou (Admiris)
- Techno-economic assessment of production in South Africa, Greece and Norway: Behrouz Kiani (Imperial College London)
- From results to a competitive first application, with hydrogen pre-reduction as the leading near-term pathway: Tom Hills (Leilac, part of the Calix group)
- Value to Customer and the most promising market applications: Dr. Paraskevi Efstathiou (Admiris)
The webinar is free and open to all. REGISTER NOW
About HAlMan
Full title: Sustainable Hydrogen and Aluminothermic Reduction Process for Manganese, its alloys and Critical Raw Materials Production
Duration: January 2023 – December 2026
Coordinator: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
Website: halman-project.eu
3D experience with research papers: process.halman-project.eu
Consortium: 14 partners and 3 associated partners from 10 countries:
NTNU (NO), SINTEF (NO), OFZ (SK), Mintek (ZA), Transalloy (ZA), Assmang (ZA, AP), National Technical University of Athens (GR), Admiris (GR), CERTH (GR), Metlen Energy & Metals (formerly Mytilineos, GR), MET4 (GR), Max-Planck-Institut für Sustainable Materials (DE), Calix Europe (FR), Calix Ltd (AU, AP), Odlewnie Polskie (PL), Imperial College London (UK, AP) and WIT Berry (LV).
HAlMan has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101091936.
