Graphite
Anode feedstock. Mozambique and Tanzania hold some of the largest natural flake graphite resources outside China.
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- Unit
- tpa
- Value
- Pending verification
- As of
- Pending verification
- Value chains
- Battery materials
- Leading African producers
- Mozambique, Tanzania
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Leading African producers
Mozambique
Mozambique combines world-scale offshore gas in the Rovuma Basin with graphite, heavy sands, coal and the Mozal aluminium smelter, making it one of Africa's most connected energy-to-industry economies.
Tanzania
Tanzania hosts the Kabanga nickel deposit and significant gold production, while the onshore LNG project remains subject to commercial agreement.
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Value chains
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Related infrastructure
Nacala Logistics Corridor
Rail and port corridor serving coal, graphite and general cargo from northern Mozambique and Malawi.
Port of Maputo
Southern Mozambique deep-water port serving regional mineral, metal and agricultural exports.
Port of Pemba
Logistics base for offshore and onshore activity in the Rovuma Basin.
Related commodities
Nickel
Kabanga in Tanzania is one of the largest development-stage nickel sulphide deposits globally.
Lithium
Zimbabwe, Mali, Namibia and Ghana have moved African hard-rock lithium from exploration into production and concentrate export.
Cobalt
Battery cathode input produced largely as a copper by-product in the DRC, which accounts for the majority of world mine supply.
Natural Gas & LNG
Africa's gas story runs through the Rovuma Basin, Nigeria, Egypt and Algeria, and is increasingly evaluated on liquefaction capacity rather than reserves.
Coal
South African thermal coal and Mozambican coking coal remain significant export earners and power-sector inputs.
Aluminium
Smelting is a power business. Africa's largest smelters — Mozal in Mozambique and Hillside in South Africa — depend on long-term electricity supply.
Related news
Government reaffirms sovereign guarantee to Mozambique LNG creditors
Mozambique's government has reaffirmed its sovereign guarantee to the lenders financing the Mozambique LNG project, as reported by Club of Mozambique.
Eni to drill up to six wells offshore Mozambique for Coral North; third FLNG pursued
Reuters, via CNBC Africa, reports Eni plans to drill up to six wells for the Coral North project and is pursuing a third floating LNG unit in Mozambique.
Mozambique LNG works advance at Afungi as contractors remobilise
Operator communications point to renewed onshore activity on the Afungi site. Confirm scope, schedule and workforce figures directly with the operator.
Tanzania positions Kabanga as an in-country refining model
The project's hydrometallurgical route is framed as a test of whether African nickel can move beyond concentrate export.
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From molecules to metal: can Mozambique convert gas into industry?
Mozambique's strategic question is not whether it can export LNG, but whether any of those molecules become domestic industrial capacity.
African liquefaction capacity: what is actually under construction
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Balama Graphite Operation
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