Cov teb chaws African nplua nuj nyob hauv lithium, suav nrog Zimbabwe thiab Namibia, tab tom sim tsim lawv cov kev lag luam thiab kho kom zoo nkauj kom lawv tau txais txiaj ntsig ntau dua, Reuters tau tshaj tawm. Lithium yog cov khoom siv roj teeb tseem ceeb.
Lithium cov nqi thiab kev thov tau nce siab vim kev lag luam tsheb tau hloov mus rau cov tsheb fais fab. Lithium tus nqi ntau dua ob npaug rau xyoo tas los raws li kev thov los ntawm kev lag luam tsheb hluav taws xob tau tshaj tawm cov khoom siv.
Tuam Tshoj, lub ntiaj teb loj tshaj plaws lithium refiner thiab cov neeg tsim khoom loj, ua tus tswj cov khoom siv, tab sis tsoomfwv Western thiab cov tuam txhab thoob ntiaj teb tab tom sim tawm tsam qhov ntawd thiab pom Africa lithium reserves yog lub sijhawm.
Tam sim no African lub teb chaws tau txiav txim siab khaws cov txiaj ntsig ntawm lawv cov peev txheej ntau dua li yav dhau los, uas txhais tau tias tsis yog tsuas yog rho tawm lawv tab sis kuj ua rau lawv ua ntej lawv raug xa tawm, cov txheej txheem paub hauv kev lag luam raws li txiaj ntsig.
Lithium ntau lawm nyob rau hauv teb chaws Africa yog teem kom loj hlob sai nyob rau hauv lub xyoo caum no. Trafigura, tus neeg lag luam khoom lag luam, kwv yees tias lub teb chaws lithium ntau lawm tuaj yeem nce los ntawm 40, 000 tonnes xyoo no mus rau 497,000 tonnes los ntawm 2030, nrog rau feem ntau ntawm cov tuaj ntawm Zimbabwe.
"Peb yuav hais kom tag nrho cov lithium mined domestically yuav tsum tau ua nyob rau hauv domestic," Namibian Mining Minister Tom Alweendo hais rau African Mining Investment Conference nyob rau hauv Cape Town.
Zimbabwe tau txwv kev xa tawm lithium thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis hauv kev siv zog kom tsis txhob smuggling ntawm cov ore thiab spur mining tuam txhab uas muag los ua nws domestically.
"Peb npaj yuav tso cai tsuas yog tsom mus rau kev xa tawm thiab vim yog kev txwv, lwm cov tub ua lag luam tab tom nrhiav kev yuav lithium ore thiab txhim kho nws mus rau theem siab," Zimbabwe's mines Minister Winston Chitando tau hais.
