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Abstract An environmentally friendly and resource-conserving route to the clean production of electrolytic manganese was developed, in which the electrolytic manganese residue (EMR) was initially calcined for cement buffering; then the generated SO2-containing flue gas was managed using manganese oxide ore and anolyte (MOOA) desulfurization; at last, the desulfurized slurry was introduced to the electrolytic manganese production (EMP). Results showed that 4.0 wt% coke addition reduced the sulfur of calcined EMR to 0.9%, thereby satisfying the cement-buffer requirement. Pilot-scale desulfurization showed that about 7.5 vol% of high SO2 containing flue gas can be cleaned to less than 0.1 vol% through a five-stage countercurrent MOOA desulfurization. The desulfurized slurry had 42.44 g·L−1 Mn2+ and 1.92 g·L−1 S2O62−, which was suitable for electrowinning after purification, and the purity of manganese product was 99.93%, satisfy the National Standard of China YB/T051-2015. This new integrated technology fulfilled 99.7% of sulfur reutilization from the EMR and 94.1% was effectively used to the EMP. The MOOA desulfurization linked the EMP a closed cycle without any pollutant discharge, which promoted the cleaner production of EMP industry.