Eminyakeni yamuva, i-basalt fiber iye yavela njengento eyisisekelo, edonsa ukunaka kwezimboni emhlabeni wonke. Isuselwe edwaleni le-basalt elincibilikisiwe, le fibre esungulwe yintsha inezakhiwo ezihlukile, okuhlanganisa amandla aqine kakhulu, ukuzinza okushisayo, nokumelana nokugqwala. Ngenxa yalokho, ukusetshenziswa kwayo kudlulela emikhakheni eyahlukene, kusukela kwezokwakha kanye nezezimoto kuye emkhathini kanye nobunjiniyela bezemvelo. Namuhla, sihlola amandla okuguqula e-basalt fiber kanye nekusasa layo elithembisayo ekubumbeni izimboni zesimanje.