The black manganese layer is about 45 meters thick and consists of a 20-meter-thick ore bed and two lower grade subeconomic beds. The slightly folded layering is shown by the shapes of the various mine . benches. Lighter material in the background is waste that must be stripped to expose the ore bed; this waste material is used as backfill inManganese increased 4.25 Yuan/Mt or 13.60% since the beginning of 2021