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Manganese ore is an important metallurgical raw material that holds an important strategic position in the national
economy of China. However, the grade of manganese ore in the country is mostly low, and the utilization efficiency of lowgrade manganese ore resources is low, which seriously restrict the healthy and stable development of China’s metallurgical
industry. As a new green heating method, microwave is expected to address the problems of conventional methods and
realize the effective utilization of low-grade manganese ore. In this paper, the research status of the microwave composite
reduction of pyrolusite in recent years is reviewed. Microwave plays an important role in metallurgy, and it is the current
direction pursued to improve the research intensity of microwave heating and extend it to actual industrial processes.