Inganta graphite 170%

Masu samar da graphite a Afirka suna ƙara yawan samarwa don biyan buƙatun China na kayan batir. A cewar bayanai daga Roskill, a rabin farko na 2019, fitar da graphite na halitta daga Afirka zuwa China ya karu da sama da 170%. Mozambique ita ce babbar ƙasar da ke fitar da graphite a Afirka. Tana samar da ƙananan da matsakaitan flakes na graphite don amfani da batir. Wannan ƙasar da ke kudancin Afirka ta fitar da tan graphite 100,000 a cikin watanni shida na farko na 2019, wanda kashi 82% aka fitar zuwa China. Daga wani hangen nesa, ƙasar ta fitar da tan 51,800 a shekarar 2018 kuma ta fitar da tan 800 kacal a shekarar da ta gabata. Ci gaban da aka samu a jigilar graphite na Mozambique ya fi yawa ne saboda Syrah Resources da aikinta na Balama, wanda aka ƙaddamar a ƙarshen 2017. Samar da graphite na bara ya kai tan 104,000, kuma samarwa a rabin farko na 2019 ya kai tan 92,000.
Roskill ya kiyasta cewa daga shekarar 2018-2028, buƙatar masana'antar batir ga graphite na halitta za ta ƙaru da kashi 19% a kowace shekara. Wannan zai haifar da jimillar buƙatar graphite 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 ta ci gaba da buƙatar ƙarin kayan graphite na dogon lokaci. Ga manyan zanen gado, masana'antun masu amfani da su (kamar na'urorin rage wuta, gaskets, da sauransu) sun yi ƙanƙanta fiye da masana'antar batir, amma buƙatar daga China har yanzu tana ƙaruwa. Madagascar tana ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu samar da manyan flakes na graphite. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, fitar da graphite na tsibirin ya girma cikin sauri, daga tan 9,400 a 2017 zuwa tan 46,900 a 2018 da tan 32,500 a rabin farko na 2019. Shahararrun masu samar da graphite a Madagascar sun haɗa da Tirupati Graphite Group, Tablissements Gallois da Bass Metals na Australia. Tanzania na zama babbar mai samar da graphite, kuma gwamnati ta sake bayar da lasisin hakar ma'adinai kwanan nan, kuma za a amince da ayyukan graphite da yawa a wannan shekarar.

 
Ɗaya daga cikin sabbin ayyukan graphite shine aikin Mahenge na Heiyan Mining, wanda ya kammala wani sabon bincike mai inganci (DFS) a watan Yuli don kimanta yawan amfanin da yake samu a kowace shekara na graphite concentrate. Tan 250,000 ya karu zuwa tan 340,000. Wani kamfanin hakar ma'adinai, Walkabout Resources, shi ma ya fitar da sabon rahoton yiwuwar ƙarshe a wannan shekarar kuma yana shirin gina ma'adinan Lindi Jumbo. Sauran ayyukan graphite na Tanzaniya da yawa sun riga sun shiga matakin jawo hankalin jari, kuma ana sa ran waɗannan sabbin ayyukan za su ƙara haɓaka cinikin graphite na Afirka da China.