VALCO not for sale, gov't seeks strategic investor - Lands Minister
The government has no plans to sell the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) but is instead seeking a strategic investor to inject more than US$700 million needed to revive the state-owned aluminium smelter, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has said.
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