170% inganta don graphite

Masu samar da zane-zane a Afirka suna haɓaka haƙoƙin don biyan buƙatun da Sin ke yi na kayayyakin batir. Alkaluman da Roskill ya fitar sun nuna cewa, a farkon rabin shekarar 2019, fitar da graphite na dabi'a daga Afirka zuwa kasar Sin ya karu da fiye da kashi 170%. Mozambique ita ce kasar da ta fi fitar da graphite zuwa kasashen waje. Ya fi samar da ƙanana da matsakaicin girman graphite flakes don aikace-aikacen baturi. Wannan kasa dake kudancin Afirka ta fitar da ton 100,000 na graphite a farkon watanni shida na shekarar 2019, wanda kashi 82% aka fitar da su zuwa kasar Sin. Ta wata fuskar, kasar ta fitar da ton 51,800 a shekarar 2018 kuma ta fitar da tan 800 kacal a shekarar da ta gabata. Babban ci gaban da ake samu a jigilar kayayyaki na Mozambik ya samo asali ne daga Syrah Resources da aikin Balama, wanda aka kaddamar a karshen shekarar 2017. Aikin da aka samar a shekarar da ta gabata ya kai ton 104,000, kuma a farkon rabin shekarar 2019 da aka samar ya kai tan 92,000.
Roskill ya kiyasta cewa daga 2018-2028, buƙatar masana'antar baturi na graphite na halitta zai yi girma da kashi 19% a kowace shekara. Wannan zai haifar da jimillar buƙatun graphite na kusan tan miliyan 1.7, don haka ko da aikin Balama ya kai cikakken ƙarfin tan 350,000 a kowace shekara, masana'antar batir za su buƙaci ƙarin kayan graphite na dogon lokaci. Don manyan zanen gado, masana'antun masu amfani da su na ƙarshe (kamar masu kare wuta, gaskets, da sauransu) sun fi na masana'antar batir yawa, amma har yanzu buƙatu daga China na haɓaka. Madagaskar tana ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu kera manyan flakes na graphite. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, fitar da graphite na tsibirin ya karu cikin sauri, daga ton 9,400 a cikin 2017 zuwa ton 46,900 a cikin 2018 da ton 32,500 a farkon rabin 2019. Shahararrun masu kera graphite a Madagascar sun hada da rukunin graphite na Tirupati, Galloisssment na Bassements. Ostiraliya. Tanzaniya na zama babban mai kera graphite, kuma kwanan nan gwamnati ta sake ba da lasisin hakar ma'adinai, kuma za a amince da ayyukan graphite da yawa a wannan shekara.

 
Ɗaya daga cikin sababbin ayyukan graphite shine aikin Mahenge na Heiyan Mining, wanda ya kammala sabon ingantaccen binciken yiwuwar (DFS) a watan Yuli don ƙididdige yawan amfanin da ake samu na graphite na shekara-shekara. Ton 250,000 ya karu zuwa ton 340,000. Wani kamfanin hakar ma'adinai, Walkabout Resources, shi ma ya fitar da sabon rahoton yuwuwar karshe a wannan shekarar kuma yana shirin gina ma'adinan Lindi Jumbo. Wasu ayyukan graphite da yawa na Tanzaniya sun riga sun fara jan hankalin masu zuba jari, kuma ana sa ran waɗannan sabbin ayyukan za su ƙara haɓaka kasuwancin graphite na Afirka da Sin.