Bafepedi ba graphite Afrika ba eketsa tlhahiso ho fihlela tlhoko e ntseng e hola ea Chaena ea lisebelisoa tsa betri. Ho ea ka lintlha tse tsoang ho Roskill, karolong ea pele ea 2019, thepa ea tlhaho ea graphite e romelloang kantle ho naha ho tloha Afrika ho ea Chaena e eketsehile ka ho feta 170%. Mozambique ke morekisi e moholo ka ho fetisisa oa graphite Afrika. Haholo-holo e fana ka li-flakes tsa graphite tse nyane le tse mahareng bakeng sa lits'ebetso tsa betri. Naha ena e ka boroa ea Afrika e rometse lithane tse 100,000 tsa graphite likhoeling tse tšeletseng tsa pele tsa 2019, tseo 82% ea tsona li romelletsoeng kantle ho naha Chaena. Ho ea ka pono e 'ngoe, naha e rometse lithane tse 51,800 ka 2018 'me ea romela lithane tse 800 feela selemong se fetileng. Kholo e kholo ea thepa ea graphite ea Mozambique e bakoa haholo ke Syrah Resources le projeke ea eona ea Balama, e qalileng qetellong ea 2017. Tlhahiso ea graphite ea selemo se fetileng e ne e le lithane tse 104,000, 'me tlhahiso karolong ea pele ea 2019 e fihlile lithane tse 92,000.
Roskill o hakanya hore ho tloha ka 2018-2028, tlhoko ea indasteri ea libeteri bakeng sa graphite ea tlhaho e tla hola ka sekhahla sa 19% ka selemo. Sena se tla fella ka tlhoko eohle ea graphite ea lithane tse ka bang limilione tse 1.7, kahoo leha projeke ea Balama e ka fihlela bokhoni bo felletseng ba lithane tse 350,000 ka selemo, indasteri ea libeteri e ntse e tla hloka lisebelisoa tse ling tsa graphite ka nako e telele. Bakeng sa maqephe a maholo, liindasteri tsa bona tsa bareki ba ho qetela (tse kang li-retant tsa malakabe, li-gasket, jj.) li nyane haholo ho feta indasteri ea libeteri, empa tlhoko e tsoang Chaena e ntse e hola. Madagascar ke e 'ngoe ea bahlahisi ba ka sehloohong ba li-flakes tse kholo tsa graphite. Lilemong tsa morao tjena, thepa e romelloang kantle ho naha ea graphite e holile ka potlako, ho tloha ho lithane tse 9,400 ka 2017 ho isa ho lithane tse 46,900 ka 2018 le lithane tse 32,500 karolong ea pele ea 2019. Bahlahisi ba tummeng ba graphite Madagascar ba kenyelletsa Tirupati Graphite Group, Tablissements Gallois le Bass Metals tsa Australia. Tanzania e se e fetoha mohlahisi e moholo oa graphite, 'me mmuso o sa tsoa fana ka mangolo a tumello ea merafo hape, 'me merero e mengata ea graphite e tla amoheloa selemong sena.
E 'ngoe ea merero e mecha ea graphite ke projeke ea Mahenge ea Heiyan Mining, e phethileng phuputso e ncha ea ho etsa bonnete (DFS) ka Phupu ho hakanya chai ea eona ea selemo le selemo ea graphite concentrate. Lithane tse 250,000 li eketsehile ho fihla ho lithane tse 340,000. Khamphani e 'ngoe ea merafo, Walkabout Resources, le eona e lokolotse tlaleho e ncha ea ho etsa bonnete selemong sena 'me e ntse e itokisetsa kaho ea morafo oa Lindi Jumbo. Merero e meng e mengata ea graphite ea Tanzania e se e le mohatong oa ho hohela matsete, 'me merero ena e mecha e lebelletsoe ho ntšetsa pele khoebo ea graphite ea Afrika le Chaena.
Nako ea poso: Loetse-05-2019