The distribution of the manganese deposits of the world is shown in [Plate III].
POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL CONTROL
The [table] of production for 1913 on page 105 shows the part of the total that each country contributed and the known extent of commercial control.
In contrast with deposits of several other important minerals, most of the manganese deposits throughout the world are owned by natives or residents of the respective countries in which they are found.
German companies have acquired tracts in the Chiaturi and Nicopol districts, Russia, and Queluz (Lafayette) district, Brazil. It appears that although one of these companies produces a little ore, the main purpose was to stabilize an unorganized industry by financial assistance.
In India it is difficult to distinguish between those companies composed of resident English and native Indians which were formed to exploit mines for profit and those composed of absentee English who desire to secure a supply of ore for English or other consumption. There seems to be no English capital in Brazil or Russia.
One French company owned two shipping mines in India in 1907, but there is no record of operations in 1913. French capital is interested in several companies busy in the Nicopol district, Russia. A Belgian company operates one mine in the Queluz district, Brazil.
Plate III.—Geographical distribution of the principal manganese deposits of the world. By D. F. Hewett.
Table 24.—Production and Commercial Control of Manganese