Chairman of the Ghana Mines Workers Union (GMWU), Kwarku Mensah Gyakari, has called on the government to consider negotiating bigger interests in mining contracts than exists now if the country is desirous of creating more value from the commodities extracted for Ghanaians.
Despite Ghana being a leading gold producer with...
Declining crude oil production poses a serious threat to the economy if nothing is done to incentivise and expedite exploration, says a report by Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber.
Output from the country’s three producing fields - Jubilee, Tweneboa Enyenra Ntomme and Sankofa & Gye Nyame - after peaking at 71...
AngloGold Ashanti CEO Alberto Calderon was accompanied by senior members of his leadership team on a working visit to Ghana last week, during which he visited the Obuasi Gold Mine and met with key stakeholders including President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo and Mr. Mireku Duker, the Deputy Minister of...
The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF), in line with its mineral investment diversification strategy, is positioning itself to invest in the industrial salt sector.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of MIIF, Mr. Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng, salt is set to become one of Ghana’s major foreign exchange earners by...
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has commissioned a Weighbridge at Apemanim in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region to track and confirm actual volumes hauled from the mines to the Takoradi Port.
Also, it is to ensure accurate reporting of figures and monitoring of bulk hauling...
In a bid to solve the incessant pollution of water-bodies by illegal mining activities, also known as ‘galamsey’, government says in the coming days it will introduce the use of speed-boats and river guards to clamp down on the perpetrators of such activities.
River-bodies have been officially declared ‘Red Zones’...
AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), a multinational Mining Company in Obuasi, has launched a ten-year Socio-Economic Development Programme (SEDP) to augment the development of the catchment areas of AGA(Obuasi).
Dubbed SEDP, it comes to replace the three-year Social Management Plan (SMP), which was developed to drive the mine’s social investment for the...
Illegal small-scale miners who continue to cause wanton destruction to the environment with their operations will be pursued and ruthlessly dealt with, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has warned.
According to the minister, despite all the deterrent measures and ongoing operations to curb the menace of...
Nominations have opened for the second edition of the Women in Mining and Energy Awards (WiMEA) 2022.
This year’s event is scheduled to come off on Friday the 26th August, 2022 at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra and is endorsed by the Ministry of Energy.
It seeks to among other things,...
“I’m satisfied with the strategic positioning of the chamber as a development partner to gov’t”
“Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.” —...
