Kusintha kwa graphite ndi 170%

Ogulitsa ma grafiti ku Africa akuwonjezera kupanga kuti akwaniritse kufunikira kwakukulu kwa zinthu za batri ku China. Malinga ndi deta yochokera ku Roskill, mu theka loyamba la chaka cha 2019, kutumiza ma grafiti achilengedwe kuchokera ku Africa kupita ku China kwawonjezeka ndi zoposa 170%. Mozambique ndiye kampani yayikulu kwambiri yotumiza ma grafiti ku Africa. Imapereka makamaka ma graphite ang'onoang'ono ndi apakatikati kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito ndi mabatire. Dziko la kum'mwera kwa Africa ili linatumiza matani 100,000 a graphite m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yoyambirira ya 2019, yomwe 82% yake idatumizidwa ku China. Kuchokera ku lingaliro lina, dzikolo linatumiza matani 51,800 mu 2018 ndipo linatumiza matani 800 okha chaka chatha. Kukula kwakukulu kwa kutumiza ma grafiti ku Mozambique kumachitika makamaka chifukwa cha Syrah Resources ndi pulojekiti yake ya Balama, yomwe idayambitsidwa kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2017. Kupanga ma graphite chaka chatha kunali matani 104,000, ndipo kupanga mu theka loyamba la chaka cha 2019 kwafika matani 92,000.
Roskill akuti kuyambira 2018-2028, kufunikira kwa graphite yachilengedwe m'makampani opanga mabatire kudzakula ndi 19% pachaka. Izi zipangitsa kuti pakhale kufunikira kwa graphite pafupifupi matani 1.7 miliyoni, kotero ngakhale polojekiti ya Balama itafika pa matani 350,000 pachaka, makampani opanga mabatire adzafunikabe zinthu zina zowonjezera graphite kwa nthawi yayitali. Pa mapepala akuluakulu, mafakitale awo ogula (monga zoletsa moto, ma gasket, ndi zina zotero) ndi ochepa kwambiri kuposa makampani opanga mabatire, koma kufunikira kuchokera ku China kukukulirakulirabe. Madagascar ndi imodzi mwa opanga akuluakulu a graphite flakes zazikulu. M'zaka zaposachedwa, kutumiza graphite pachilumbachi kwakula mofulumira, kuyambira matani 9,400 mu 2017 mpaka matani 46,900 mu 2018 ndi matani 32,500 mu theka loyamba la 2019. Opanga graphite otchuka ku Madagascar akuphatikizapo Tirupati Graphite Group, Tablissements Gallois ndi Bass Metals of Australia. Dziko la Tanzania likukhala dziko lalikulu lopanga grafiti, ndipo boma posachedwapa laperekanso zilolezo za migodi, ndipo mapulojekiti ambiri a grafiti avomerezedwa chaka chino.

 
Limodzi mwa mapulojekiti atsopano a graphite ndi pulojekiti ya Mahenge ya Heiyan Mining, yomwe idamaliza kafukufuku watsopano wotsimikizira kuthekera (DFS) mu Julayi kuti iyerekezere kuchuluka kwa graphite yomwe imapanga pachaka. Matani 250,000 adakwera kufika pa matani 340,000. Kampani ina yamigodi, Walkabout Resources, idatulutsanso lipoti latsopano lomaliza lotheka kuthekera chaka chino ndipo ikukonzekera kumanga mgodi wa Lindi Jumbo. Mapulojekiti ena ambiri a graphite aku Tanzania ali kale pagawo lokopa ndalama, ndipo mapulojekiti atsopanowa akuyembekezeka kupititsa patsogolo malonda a graphite aku Africa ndi China.