Jonkel Carbons is part of the Jonkel companies. It was founded in May 2008 and registered in February 2009. Jonkel carbons is in the manufacturing business while the company is involved in various products, the main products are graphite and graphite based products. It was after the discovery of the opportunities that goes with graphite that the company was founded. The name “Jonkel” comes from the first name of Mr. Jonkel Khoza, the father of the founder of the company Mr. Matimba Khoza. Mr. Jonkel Khoza himself works for RIO TINTO’s Palaborwa mining company in his productive years. Jonkel Carbons source Graphite from projects in which Jonkelkoza minerals SA share holder. Simply put, jonkelKoza mineral mine and Jonkel Carbons process and manufacture END products. As of December 2012, the natural graphite market was estimated at 1 to 1.2 million tons per annum. This consist of the three tyres represented, flake, armophons and vein. Traditional applications use manly armophon and vein. Newly ermeging technologies and applications usually require flake graphite. At the moment , the majority of graphite processed is still fine grain or armophons. China, India, Canada and South America are responsible for most production. Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa always existed as small players. The three countries of Southern Africa could be the largest deposit in the world Nith balamba deposit in Mozambique carrying over a billion tons of graphite alone