170% gutera imbere kuri grafite

Abatanga graphite muri Afrika bongera umusaruro kugirango Ubushinwa bugenda bukenera ibikoresho bya batiri. Dukurikije imibare yaturutse muri Roskill, mu gice cya mbere cya 2019, ibicuruzwa biva mu mahanga biva muri Afurika mu Bushinwa byiyongereyeho hejuru ya 170%. Mozambique nicyo gihugu cyohereza ibicuruzwa byinshi muri Afurika. Itanga cyane cyane ntoya nini nini ya grafite ya flake ya porogaramu ya batiri. Iki gihugu cyo muri Afurika yepfo cyohereje toni 100.000 za grafite mu mezi atandatu ya mbere ya 2019, muri yo 82% yoherezwa mu Bushinwa. Urebye ukundi, igihugu cyohereje toni 51.800 muri 2018 kandi cyohereza toni 800 gusa mu mwaka ushize. Ubwiyongere bukabije bw’ibicuruzwa byoherejwe na Mozambike byatewe ahanini na Syrah Resources ndetse n’umushinga wa Balama, watangijwe mu mpera za 2017. Umwaka ushize umusaruro wa grafite wari toni 104.000, naho umusaruro mu gice cya mbere cya 2019 ugera kuri toni 92.000.
Roskill avuga ko guhera mu mwaka wa 2018-2028, inganda za batiri zikenera grafite karemano ziziyongera ku gipimo cya 19% ku mwaka. Ibi bizavamo grafite yose isabwa hafi toni miliyoni 1.7, kuburyo niyo umushinga wa Balama ugeze ku bushobozi bwuzuye bwa toni 350.000 kumwaka, inganda za batiri zizakomeza gukenera ibikoresho bya grafite mugihe kirekire. Ku mpapuro nini, inganda zabo zanyuma zabaguzi (nka flame retardants, gasketi, nibindi) ni nto cyane ugereranije ninganda za batiri, ariko ibyifuzo byubushinwa biracyiyongera. Madagasikari numwe mubakora ibicuruzwa binini bya grafite. Mu myaka yashize, icyo kirwa cyoherezwa mu mahanga cyiyongereye cyane, kiva kuri toni 9.400 muri 2017 kigera kuri toni 46.900 muri 2018 na toni 32.500 mu gice cya mbere cya 2019. Abakora ibicuruzwa bizwi cyane muri Madagasikari barimo itsinda rya Tirupati Graphite, Tablissements Gallois na Bass Metals ya Australiya. Tanzaniya irimo kuba igihangange kinini, kandi guverinoma iherutse gutanga impushya zo gucukura amabuye y'agaciro, kandi imishinga myinshi ya grafite izemezwa muri uyu mwaka.

 
Imwe mu mishinga mishya ya grafite ni umushinga wa Mahenge wa Heiyan Mining, washoje ubushakashatsi bushya bushoboka (DFS) muri Nyakanga kugirango ugereranye umusaruro wumwaka wa grafite yibanze. Toni 250.000 yiyongereye kugera kuri toni 340.000. Indi sosiyete icukura amabuye y'agaciro, Walkabout Resources, nayo yashyize ahagaragara raporo nshya ishoboka muri uyu mwaka kandi irimo kwitegura kubaka ikirombe cya Lindi Jumbo. Indi mishinga myinshi yo muri Tanzaniya ya grafite isanzwe iri mu rwego rwo gukurura ishoramari, kandi iyi mishinga mishya biteganijwe ko izateza imbere ubucuruzi bw’ibishushanyo bya Afurika n’Ubushinwa.