South Manganese Investment Ltd. is an investment holding company, which engages in trading of manganese ores, manganese alloy, and related raw materials. It operates through the following segments: Manganese Mining; Electrolytic Manganese Metal (EMM) and Alloying Materials Production; Battery Materials Production; and Others. The Manganese Mining segment is involved in mining and production of manganese products including principally, through the group’s integrated processes, the mining, beneficiation,concentrating, grinding and the production of manganese concentrates, and natural discharging manganese powder and sand. The EMM and Alloying Materials Production segment consists of mining and processing ores used in hydrometallurgical processing for/and production of EMM and manganese briquette, and pyrometallurgical processing for production of silicomanganese alloys. The Battery Materials Production segment manufactures and sells battery materials products. The Otehrs segment trades various commodities such as manganese ores, EMM, manganese alloys and non-manganese metals, sales of scraps and rental of investment properties and leasehold land, and investments in companies. The company was founded on July 18, 2005 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.