Abatanga grafiti muri Afurika barimo kongera umusaruro kugira ngo bahaze icyifuzo cy’Ubushinwa cyo gukoresha ibikoresho bya bateri. Amakuru aturuka kuri Roskill agaragaza ko mu gice cya mbere cya 2019, ibicuruzwa bya grafiti karemano byoherezwa muri Afurika mu Bushinwa byiyongereyeho ibirenga 170%. Mozambike ni yo kohereza grafiti nyinshi muri Afurika. Itanga ahanini uduce duto n’utwo hagati twa grafiti two gukoreshwa muri bateri. Iki gihugu cya Afurika y'amajyepfo cyohereje toni 100.000 za grafiti mu mezi atandatu ya mbere ya 2019, muri two 82% byoherejwe mu Bushinwa. Mu rundi ruhande, igihugu cyohereje toni 51.800 mu 2018 kandi cyohereje toni 800 gusa mu mwaka ushize. Izamuka rikomeye ry’ibyoherezwa bya grafiti muri Mozambike riterwa ahanini na Syrah Resources n’umushinga wayo wa Balama, watangijwe mu mpera za 2017. Umusaruro wa grafiti w’umwaka ushize wari toni 104.000, kandi umusaruro mu gice cya mbere cya 2019 wageze kuri toni 92.000.
Roskill avuga ko kuva mu 2018-2028, icyifuzo cy’inganda zikora bateri kuri grafiti karemano kiziyongera ku kigero cya 19% ku mwaka. Ibi bizatuma toni hafi miliyoni 1.7 zikenerwa muri grafiti, bityo nubwo umushinga wa Balama wagera kuri toni 350.000 ku mwaka, inganda zikora bateri zizakomeza gukenera ibikoresho bya grafiti by’inyongera mu gihe kirekire. Ku mpapuro nini, inganda zabo zikora ibikoresho bya nyuma (nk’ibidakoresha umuriro, gasket, nibindi) ni nto cyane ugereranije n’inganda zikora bateri, ariko icyifuzo cy’Ubushinwa kiracyakomeza kwiyongera. Madagasikari ni imwe mu nganda zikora uduce duto twa grafiti. Mu myaka ya vuba aha, ibicuruzwa byoherezwa muri grafiti byo muri icyo kirwa byariyongereye cyane, kuva kuri toni 9.400 mu 2017 kugeza kuri toni 46.900 mu 2018 na toni 32.500 mu gice cya mbere cya 2019. Abakora grafiti bazwi cyane muri Madagasikari barimo Tirupati Graphite Group, Tablissements Gallois na Bass Metals zo muri Ositaraliya. Tanzaniya irimo kuba ikigo gikomeye mu gutunganya grafiti, kandi leta iherutse kongera gutanga impushya zo gucukura amabuye y'agaciro, kandi imishinga myinshi ya grafiti izemezwa uyu mwaka.
Imwe mu mishinga mishya ya grafiti ni umushinga wa Mahenge wa Heiyan Mining, warangije inyigo nshya y’ubugenzuzi bw’ubuziranenge (DFS) muri Nyakanga kugira ngo hamenyekane umusaruro w’umwaka w’ubucukuzi bwa grafiti. Toni 250.000 ziyongereyeho toni 340.000. Indi sosiyete y’ubucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro, Walkabout Resources, nayo yasohoye raporo nshya y’ubuziranenge uyu mwaka kandi iri kwitegura kubaka ikirombe cya Lindi Jumbo. Indi mishinga myinshi ya grafiti yo muri Tanzaniya iri mu cyiciro cyo gukurura ishoramari, kandi iyi mishinga mishya yitezweho gukomeza guteza imbere ubucuruzi bwa grafiti muri Afurika n’Ubushinwa.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Nzeri-05-2019