Otsatsa ma graphite ku Africa akuchulukitsa kupanga kuti akwaniritse kuchuluka komwe kukufunika kwa mabatire ku China. Malinga ndi kafukufuku wa Roskill, mu theka loyamba la 2019, kutumiza kwa graphite zachilengedwe kuchokera ku Africa kupita ku China kudakwera ndi 170%. Dziko la Mozambique ndi dziko lomwe limatumiza graphite ku Africa. Amapereka ma graphite flakes ang'onoang'ono komanso apakatikati pakugwiritsa ntchito batri. Dzikoli lakumwera kwa Africa lidatumiza matani 100,000 a graphite m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yoyambirira ya 2019, pomwe 82% mwa iwo adatumizidwa ku China. Kuchokera kumalingaliro ena, dzikolo lidatumiza matani 51,800 mchaka cha 2018 ndikutumiza matani 800 okha chaka chatha. Kukula kwakukulu kwa kutumiza kwa graphite ku Mozambique makamaka kumachokera ku Syrah Resources ndi ntchito yake ya Balama, yomwe inakhazikitsidwa kumapeto kwa 2017. Kupanga kwa graphite kwa chaka chatha kunali matani 104,000, ndipo kupanga mu theka loyamba la 2019 kwafika matani 92,000.
Roskill akuyerekeza kuti kuyambira 2018-2028, kufunikira kwa mabatire kwa ma graphite achilengedwe kudzakula pamlingo wa 19% pachaka. Izi zidzapangitsa kuti graphite ifunike pafupifupi matani 1.7 miliyoni, kotero ngakhale polojekiti ya Balama ikufika pa mphamvu zonse za matani a 350,000 pachaka, makampani a batri adzafunikabe zowonjezera graphite kwa nthawi yaitali. Kwa mapepala akuluakulu, mafakitale awo ogula mapeto (monga zowotcha moto, ma gaskets, ndi zina zotero) ndizochepa kwambiri kuposa makampani a batri, koma zofuna zochokera ku China zikukulabe. Madagascar ndi amodzi mwa omwe amapanga ma graphite flakes akuluakulu. M'zaka zaposachedwa, malonda a graphite pachilumbachi akukula mofulumira, kuchokera ku matani 9,400 mu 2017 mpaka matani 46,900 mu 2018 ndi matani 32,500 mu theka loyamba la 2019. Opanga ma graphite otchuka ku Madagascar akuphatikizapo Gulu la Tirupati Graphite, Tablissements Galloiss ndi Tablissements Gallois. Australia. Tanzania ikukhala wopanga wamkulu wa graphite, ndipo boma posachedwapa laperekanso ziphaso zamigodi, ndipo mapulojekiti ambiri a graphite adzavomerezedwa chaka chino.
Imodzi mwa mapulojekiti atsopano a graphite ndi pulojekiti ya Mahenge ya Heiyan Mining, yomwe inamaliza kafukufuku watsopano wotsimikizika (DFS) mu Julayi kuti athe kuyerekeza zokolola zake zapachaka za graphite concentrate. Matani 250,000 adakwera kufika matani 340,000. Kampani ina ya migodi, Walkabout Resources, yatulutsanso lipoti latsopano lomaliza chaka chino ndipo ikukonzekera ntchito yomanga mgodi wa Lindi Jumbo. Ntchito zina zambiri za ku Tanzania za graphite zatsala pang'ono kukopa ndalama, ndipo ntchito zatsopanozi zikuyembekezeka kupititsa patsogolo malonda a graphite ku Africa ndi China.
Nthawi yotumiza: Sep-05-2019