Ni ubushakashatsi Aterian PLC ikomoka mu Bwongereza yafatanyijemo n’ikigo Rio Tinto gisanzwe gikora ubucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro mu Rwanda. Bwakorewe mu Majyepfo y’u Rwanda.

Aterian ikorera imirimo mu bihugu birimo u Rwanda, Botswana na Maroc. Yibandaga ahanini ku bushakashatsi n’ubucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro.

Mu itangazo Aterian PLC yashyize hanze kuri uyu wa Kane tariki 10 Nyakanga 2025, yatangaje ko ubushakashatsi yakoze bwagaragaje ko mu Rwanda hari amabuye y’agaciro ya ‘lithium’ yo ku rwego rwa mbere mu bwiza.

Mu mwaka 2021, inganda zitandukanye zagurishije imodoka zikoresha amashanyarazi miliyoni 6,6, zikubye kabiri ugereranyije n’izari zagurishijwe mu 2020.

Abahanga mu bucuruzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro bagaragaza ko Lithium izakomeza kuba imari ishyushye kuko umubare w’imodoka z’amashanyarazi zikorwa ugenda urushaho kwiyongera ndetse bikaba biteganyijwe ko bizagera mu 2030 hamaze kugurishwa izirenga miliyoni 26.

Kugeza ubu mu bihugu bigurisha lithium nyinshi ku Isi harimo Chile, u Bushinwa, u Buholandi, Koreya, u Budage n’u Bubiligi.

Mu mwaka wa 2020 nibwo u Rwanda rwatangaje ko na rwo mu bushakashatsi bw’ibanze rwari rumaze gukora rwasanze narwo rufite aya mabuye y’agaciro, aho ku ikubitiro yavuzwe mu Karere ka Ngororero.