Inikeli yinsimbi ebalulekile esetshenziswa kwizicelo ezahlukahlukene zemboni, kuhlanganise noshukela wensimbi engabi nencema, amabhethri, namaloyi. Afrika, enezinsiza zemineral ezicebile, idlala indima enkulu kuhlelo lokwabelana nginiki emhlabeni jikelele. Le ndatshana ihlola amazwe ase-Afrika asemqoka abahlinzeki begolide le-nickel ukuze kuthathwe imayini.
Imboni yokukhiqiza imithombo yezezimali e-Afrika ihluke kakhulu futhi inyulekile ngamalungelo emithombo yamakhemikhali. Ukukhiqiza i-nickel kusemannakeni ezimbonini ezikhulayo ngenxa yesidingo esanda kuba phezulu saleli metal. Ukuhleleka kwejiyolojia kwekhontinent iziọdakela ukudla kwe-nickel, okwenza kube umdlali obalulekile emakethe yomhlaba.
INickel ibalulekile ngenxa yokuthi:
Lezi zici zenze kube kubalulekile ezinqubweni zokukhiqiza emikhakheni ehlukahlukene.
Izweni eziningi zase-Afrika zaziwa ngama-nickel ore deposits azo. Nansi uhlu lwalezi zizwe, lukhombisa iminikelo yazo emkhakheni wokucebisa i-nickel.
INingizimu Afrika ingomunye wabakhiqizi abahamba phambili benickel e-Afrika. Imisebenzi yokumba yezwe igxile eBushveld Complex, eqhakazile ngezinhlobonhlobo zezimbiwa, kubandakanya ne-nickel.
IMadagaskar inezindawo ezinkulu zokugcina i-nickel, ikakhulukazi endaweni yase-Ambatovy. Lesi siqhingi sudahle imalini enkulu yokutshala ethekiwe emkhakheni wokusabalalisa izinsiza.
IZimbabwe inexholo ende yokumba, lapho i-nickel iyinhlaka eyinhloko ekhiqizwayo. Isifunda se-Great Dyke sithathwa njengendawo enamandla yokugcina i-nickel.
iBotswana iyavela njengegama elibalulekile embonini yokumbiwa kwenikeli. Umkhakha wezokumbiwa kwale ndawo ulawulwa kahle, unikeza indawo ezinzile yokusebenza.
Izwe lase-Afrika libhekene nezinselele eziningi ekutholeni i-nickel, okuhlanganisa:
Ngaphandle kwalezi zingqinamba, kukhona amathuba abalulekile:
Ukuhlomula kwe-Afrika kumkhakha wezokuhlinzekwa kwe-nickel emhlabeni jikelele kukhulu, lapho amazwe afana neNingizimu Afrika, iMadagascar, iZimbabwe, kanye neBotswana ehamba phambili. Nakuba kunezinkinga, amathuba okukhula nentuthuko emkhakheni wezokumbiwa kwe-nickel ahlaba umxhwele. Njengoba isidingo se-nickel siqhubeka sikhula, la mazwe ase-Afrika abheke phambili ukudlala indima ebalulekile ekufezeni izidingo zomhlaba.
