Ngokuya kwe-Mining.comImibiko ye-Website Citing Reuters, uNgqongqoshe Wezokumbiwa phansi eZambia, uRichard Musudwa (uRichard Mugukwa) ebekwe ngo-209,40 amathani ngonyaka owedlule kumathani angama-88,2061, a ukwanda komlando. Okusha okuphezulu.
UMusukwa wathi ukuphuma kweZambia ngo-2021 kulindeleke ukuba kudlule amathani angama-900,000, kanti umgomo wesikhathi eside udlula amathani ayizigidi eziyi-1.
Ukushintshela kwezwe ezimotweni zikagesi ezidla ithusi ngaphezulu kwezinjini zokuhlangana zangaphakathi zendabuko kuzothuthukisa ukukhiqizwa kweCopper, kusho uMusukwa.
Ukutholwa kwemayini yethusi yaseZambia kwakusekhulwini ngekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye, futhi kwalawulwa ukukhiqizwa kwethusi emhlabeni wonke ngawo-1950.
Kodwa-ke, ukukhiqizwa kwe-cobalt yaseZambia ngo-2020 kuzokuwa ngamathani angama-367 ngonyaka wezi-2019 kuya ku-287 amathani, ukwehla okungu-21.8%. Kulokhu, uMusuka ukholelwa ukuthi lokhu kubangelwa ukwehla kwebanga le-cobalt lemayini ye-kongkolop yethu kanye nezinkinga zokukhiqiza.
Ukukhiqizwa kwegolide kwavela ku-3 913 kg ngonyaka ka-2019 kuya ku-3,579 kg ngenxa yokwehla kwebanga lemayini yeKansanShi, kusho uNgqongqoshe.
Inkampani kazwelonke yegolide yaseZambia, ethenga futhi icubungula igolide kusuka kubavukuzi bezingcweti nakwabancane, ithengise amakhilogremu angama-47,9 ebhange eBhange lezinqolobane zezwe ekugcineni. Inkampani yaqala ukukhiqiza igolide ngoMeyi ngonyaka owedlule.
Ukukhiqizwa kwe-nickel kukhuphuke kusuka kumathani angama-2500 ngonyaka ka-2019 kuya ku-5712 amathani ngo-2020, ukukhuphuka okungaphezulu kokuphinda kabili. UMusukwa ukholelwa ukuthi ukuhlelwa kabusha kanye nokwenza lula kwezimayini ze-nickel kuyisizathu sokwanda kokukhiqizwa.
Ngo-2020, ukukhiqizwa kweZambia baseMagenase kuzokwanda kusuka kumathani ayi-15,904 ngonyaka we-2019 kuya ku-28 409 amathani, ukukhuphuka kwama-79%. Njengoba ukukhiqizwa kwamamangane ikakhulukazi kuvela kubavukuzi abasezingeni elincane, uMuSsukwa uthe ukulethwa kwezimayini basemamasese kukhuthaze ukukhula kokukhiqiza.