{"id":20072,"date":"2023-05-09T14:36:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T12:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=20072"},"modified":"2023-05-09T14:36:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T12:36:49","slug":"africa-set-to-take-leadership-in-global-graphite-supply-from-china-by-2026","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2023\/05\/09\/africa-set-to-take-leadership-in-global-graphite-supply-from-china-by-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa set to take leadership in global graphite supply from China by 2026"},"content":"\n  \n    \n      \nTanzanian graphite production is expected to grow forty times this decade. This is at least what Benchmark Mineral Intelligence indicated on Tuesday April 25 in a new report, stating that 11.4% of the world&#8217;s graphite production would come from the country by 2030 against barely 0.6% l &#8216;last year.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nAccording to these forecasts, the East African country could even overtake Madagascar as the second African producer of this essential material for electric vehicle batteries. Note that Benchmark is based on multiple projects soon to be in production.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nFor the past two years, several companies have in fact accelerated their investments in the country, with major discoveries such as that of the &#8220;\u2009largest measured mineral resource of graphite in the world\u2009&#8220;, announced in February 2022 by the Australian Black Rock Mining in Mahenge.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nAccording to the Ecofin Pro database, a third of graphite projects in development on the African continent are in Tanzania. More than half of the 11 projects identified are economically viable and their owners, mostly Australians, are currently working on signing sales contracts or obtaining financing to start construction work.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nAt the end of March 2023, the execution rate of the construction site of the Lindi Jumbo graphite mine, of the Australian Walkabout Resources, even exceeded 85%.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nAs a reminder, African graphite production is currently dominated by Mozambique, followed by Madagascar. Together with Tanzania, these countries should collectively take the lead in world graphite production from China by 2026, again according to Benchmark forecasts.\n\n    \n  \n\n\n  \n    \n      \nAccording to the firm, Africa will represent 40% of the world&#8217;s graphite supply in three years, compared to 35% for China (68% in 2021, compared to 15% for Africa).\n\n    \n  \n\n","author":116,"featured_media":20043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[990,1302],"location":[505],"class_list":["post-20072","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-china","tag-production-2","location-africa"],"short_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/42CbYU9","have_related_news":"done","chapo":"Mozambique and Madagascar, the two main producers on the continent, soon to be joined by Tanzania, will play a key role in achieving this objective.<br \/>\r\n","media":{"src":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/Graphite_crystalline-2-550x360.jpg","srcset":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/Graphite_crystalline-2-550x360.jpg 550w","sizes":"550px","alt":"Graphite crystalline 2","width":550,"height":360,"ratio":0.75,"credit_photo":""},"media-news-header":{"src":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/Graphite_crystalline-2.jpg","srcset":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/Graphite_crystalline-2.jpg 1170w","sizes":"1170px","alt":"Graphite crystalline 2","width":1170,"height":658,"ratio":0.75,"credit_photo":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Africa set to take leadership in global graphite supply from China by 2026 - Ecomnews Afrique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tanzanian graphite production is expected to grow forty times this decade. 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