Ngokusho kwe-I-Mining.comEcaphuna imibiko ye-Reuters, uNgqongqoshe Wezokumbiwa Kwezimayini waseZambia, uRichard Musukwa (uRichard Musukwa) umemezele ngoLwesibili ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwethusi kuleli lizwe ngo-2020 kuzokwenyuka kusuka kumathani angu-796,430 ngonyaka odlule kuya kumathani angu-88,2061, okuwukwenyuka okungu-10.8%, okuwukwenyuka okungokomlando.
UMusukwa uthe umkhiqizo waseZambia ngo-2021 kulindeleke ukuthi udlule amathani angu-900,000, kanti umgomo wesikhathi eside uwukudlula amathani ayisigidi.
Ukuguquka komhlaba wonke kube izimoto zikagesi ezisebenzisa ithusi eliningi kunezinjini zokushisa zangaphakathi zendabuko kuzothuthukisa ukukhiqizwa kwethusi, kusho uMusukwa.
Ukutholakala kwemayini yethusi yaseZambia kwenzeka ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19, futhi kwalawula ukukhiqizwa kwethusi emhlabeni wonke ngawo-1950.
Kodwa-ke, ukukhiqizwa kwe-cobalt eZambia ngo-2020 kuzokwehla kusuka kumathani angu-367 ngo-2019 kuye kumathani angu-287, ukwehla ngo-21.8%. Kulokhu, uMusuka ukholelwa ukuthi lokhu kubangelwa ukwehla kwebanga le-cobalt lemayini yethusi yaseKongkola kanye nezinkinga zokukhiqiza.
Ukukhiqizwa kwegolide kwehle kusuka ku-3,913 kg ngo-2019 kwaya ku-3,579 kg ngenxa yokwehla kwezinga lemayini yaseKansanshi, kusho ungqongqoshe esitatimendeni.
I-National Gold Company yaseZambia, ethenga futhi icubungule igolide kubavukuzi bezandla nabancane, ithengisele iBhange laseZambia amakhilogremu angu-47.9 egolide ukuze kugcinwe izimpahla zikazwelonke ekupheleni konyaka odlule. Le nkampani yaqala ukukhiqiza igolide ngoMeyi ngonyaka odlule.
Ukukhiqizwa kwe-nickel kukhuphuke kusuka kumathani angu-2500 ngo-2019 kuya kumathani angu-5712 ngo-2020, ukwanda okungaphezu kokuphindwe kabili. UMusukwa ukholelwa ukuthi ukuhlelwa kabusha kanye nokwenza lula kwezimayini ze-nickel yisona sizathu sokwanda komkhiqizo.
Ngo-2020, ukukhiqizwa kwe-manganese eZambia kuzokwenyuka kusuka kumathani ayi-15,904 ngo-2019 kuya kumathani angama-28,409, okuwukwenyuka kwama-79%. Njengoba ukukhiqizwa kwe-manganese kuvela kakhulu kubavukuzi abancane, uMussukwa uthe ukwenziwa ngokusemthethweni kwezimayini ze-manganese kukhuthaze ukukhula kokukhiqiza.
UMusukwa uthe umkhiqizo waseZambia ngo-2021 kulindeleke ukuthi udlule amathani angu-900,000, kanti umgomo wesikhathi eside uwukudlula amathani ayisigidi.
Ukuguquka komhlaba wonke kube izimoto zikagesi ezisebenzisa ithusi eliningi kunezinjini zokushisa zangaphakathi zendabuko kuzothuthukisa ukukhiqizwa kwethusi, kusho uMusukwa.
Ukutholakala kwemayini yethusi yaseZambia kwenzeka ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19, futhi kwalawula ukukhiqizwa kwethusi emhlabeni wonke ngawo-1950.
Kodwa-ke, ukukhiqizwa kwe-cobalt eZambia ngo-2020 kuzokwehla kusuka kumathani angu-367 ngo-2019 kuye kumathani angu-287, ukwehla ngo-21.8%. Kulokhu, uMusuka ukholelwa ukuthi lokhu kubangelwa ukwehla kwebanga le-cobalt lemayini yethusi yaseKongkola kanye nezinkinga zokukhiqiza.
Ukukhiqizwa kwegolide kwehle kusuka ku-3,913 kg ngo-2019 kwaya ku-3,579 kg ngenxa yokwehla kwezinga lemayini yaseKansanshi, kusho ungqongqoshe esitatimendeni.
I-National Gold Company yaseZambia, ethenga futhi icubungule igolide kubavukuzi bezandla nabancane, ithengisele iBhange laseZambia amakhilogremu angu-47.9 egolide ukuze kugcinwe izimpahla zikazwelonke ekupheleni konyaka odlule. Le nkampani yaqala ukukhiqiza igolide ngoMeyi ngonyaka odlule.
Ukukhiqizwa kwe-nickel kukhuphuke kusuka kumathani angu-2500 ngo-2019 kuya kumathani angu-5712 ngo-2020, ukwanda okungaphezu kokuphindwe kabili. UMusukwa ukholelwa ukuthi ukuhlelwa kabusha kanye nokwenza lula kwezimayini ze-nickel yisona sizathu sokwanda komkhiqizo.
Ngo-2020, ukukhiqizwa kwe-manganese eZambia kuzokwenyuka kusuka kumathani ayi-15,904 ngo-2019 kuya kumathani angama-28,409, okuwukwenyuka kwama-79%. Njengoba ukukhiqizwa kwe-manganese kuvela kakhulu kubavukuzi abancane, uMussukwa uthe ukwenziwa ngokusemthethweni kwezimayini ze-manganese kukhuthaze ukukhula kokukhiqiza.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Mashi-11-2021