Ngokusho kwemibiko yabezindaba yangaphandle ngoJanuwari 3, imakethe ye-aluminium eMpumalanga Ephakathi ibonisa ukukhula okuqinile futhi kulindeleke ukuthi kuzuzwe ukwanda okuphawulekayo eminyakeni ezayo. Ngokwezibikezelo, ukulinganisa kwemakethe ye-aluminium yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi kulindeleke ukuthi kufinyelele ku-$ 16.68 billion ngo-2030, kuqhutshwa izinga lokukhula eliqhubekayo lonyaka lika-5% kusukela ngo-2024. Njengamanje, inani leMpumalanga Ephakathi.imakethe ye-aluminiumyi-$11.33 billion, ekhombisa isisekelo esiqinile sokukhula namandla.

Nakuba iChina isabusa ukukhiqizwa kwe-aluminium emhlabeni wonke, imboni ye-aluminium eMpumalanga Ephakathi nayo ithuthuka ngokushesha. Imininingwane ikhombisa ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwe-aluminium yaseChina ngo-2024 (ngoJanuwari kuya kuNovemba) kulinganiselwa ukuthi kube amathani ayizigidi ezingama-39.653, okubalelwa cishe ku-60% womkhiqizo ophelele emhlabeni. Kodwa-ke, njengenhlangano eyakhiwe amazwe amaningi ahweba nge-aluminium aseMpumalanga Ephakathi, iGulf Cooperation Council (GCC) isihlanganise isikhundla sayo njengomkhiqizi we-aluminium wesibili ngobukhulu. Ukukhiqizwa kwe-aluminium kwe-GCC ngamathani ayizigidi ezingu-5.726, okubonisa amandla esifunda kanye nokuncintisana embonini ye-aluminium.

Ngaphezu kwe-GCC, abanye abanikeli abakhulu nabo baqhuba ukuthuthukiswa kwemboni ye-aluminium yomhlaba wonke. Ukukhiqizwa kwe-aluminium e-Asia (ngaphandle kweChina) kungamathani ayizigidi ezingu-4.403, ukukhiqizwa eNyakatho Melika kungamathani ayizigidi ezingu-3.646, kanti ukukhiqizwa okuphelele eRussia naseMpumalanga Yurophu kungamathani ayizigidi ezingu-3.808. Imboni ye-aluminium kulezi zifunda nayo ithuthuka futhi ikhula njalo, yenza iminikelo ebalulekile ekuchumeni kwemakethe ye-aluminium yomhlaba wonke.

Ukukhula kwemakethe ye-aluminium yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi kudalwe yinhlanganisela yezinto eziningi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, isifunda sinezinsiza eziningi ze-bauxite, ezinikeza isisekelo esiqinile sokuthuthukiswa kwemboni ye-aluminium. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, imboni ye-aluminium eMpumalanga Ephakathi ihlale ithuthukisa izinga layo lobuchwepheshe nokusebenza kahle kokukhiqiza ukuze ihlangabezane nesidingo esikhulayo semakethe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusekelwa kwezinqubomgomo zikahulumeni kanye nokuqiniswa kokubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe kuye kwanikeza iziqinisekiso eziqinile zokuthuthukiswa kwemakethe ye-aluminium yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi.