Vatengesi veGraphite muAfrica vari kuwedzera kugadzirwa kuti vagutse kudiwa kuri kukura kweChina kwezvinhu zvemabhatiri. Sekureva kwedata kubva kuRoskill, muhafu yekutanga ya2019, kutengeswa kweGraphite yechisikigo kubva kuAfrica kuenda kuChina kwakawedzera neanopfuura 170%. Mozambique ndiyo inonyanya kutengesa Graphite muAfrica. Inonyanya kupa magirafu madiki nepakati eGraphite ekushandisa mabhatiri. Nyika iyi yekumaodzanyemba kweAfrica yakatumira matani 100,000 eGraphite mumwedzi mitanhatu yekutanga ya2019, ayo 82% akatumirwa kuChina. Kubva pane imwe pfungwa, nyika yakatumira matani 51,800 muna 2018 uye yakatumira matani 800 chete mugore rapfuura. Kukura kukuru kwekutumira Graphite muMozambique kunokonzerwa zvikuru neSyrah Resources neprojekti yayo yeBalama, iyo yakatangwa pakupera kwa2017. Kugadzirwa kweGraphite gore rapera kwaive matani 104,000, uye kugadzirwa muhafu yekutanga ya2019 kwasvika matani 92,000.
Roskill anofungidzira kuti kubva muna 2018-2028, kudiwa kwegirafiti yechisikigo muindasitiri yemabhatiri kuchakura ne19% pagore. Izvi zvichaita kuti kudiwa kwegirafiti kusvike matani angangoita mamiriyoni 1.7, saka kunyangwe chirongwa cheBalama chikasvika pakukwana matani 350,000 pagore, indasitiri yemabhatiri icharamba ichida mamwe magirafiti kwenguva yakareba. Kune machira makuru, maindasitiri avo ekupedzisira evatengi (akadai seanodzima moto, magasket, nezvimwewo) madiki zvikuru pane indasitiri yemabhatiri, asi kudiwa kubva kuChina kuchiri kukura. Madagascar ndeimwe yemakambani makuru ekugadzira magirafiti makuru egirafiti. Mumakore achangopfuura, kutengeswa kwegirafiti muchitsuwa ichi kwakawedzera nekukurumidza, kubva pamatani 9,400 muna 2017 kusvika pamatani 46,900 muna 2018 uye matani 32,500 muhafu yekutanga ya2019. Vagadziri vegirafiti vakakurumbira muMadagascar vanosanganisira Tirupati Graphite Group, Tablissements Gallois neBass Metals dzeAustralia. Tanzania iri kuva mugadziri mukuru wegrafiti, uye hurumende ichangobva kupazve marezenisi ekuchera migodhi, uye mapurojekiti mazhinji egrafiti achatenderwa gore rino.
Imwe yemapurojekiti matsva egrafiti ipurojekiti yeMahenge yeHeiyan Mining, iyo yakapedza ongororo itsva yekugonesa kugona (DFS) muna Chikunguru yekufungidzira goho rayo regore negore regrafiti concentrate. Matani 250,000 akawedzera kusvika matani 340,000. Imwe kambani yekuchera migodhi, Walkabout Resources, yakaburitsawo mushumo mutsva wekupedzisira wekugonesa kugona gore rino uye iri kugadzirira kuvakwa kwemugodhi weLindi Jumbo. Mamwe mapurojekiti mazhinji egrafiti ekuTanzania atove padanho rekukwezva mari, uye mapurojekiti matsva aya anotarisirwa kusimudzira kutengeserana kwegrafiti muAfrica neChina.
Nguva yekutumira: Gunyana-05-2019