Newmont Golden Ridge Ltd. (Akyem Mine) has paid dividend of over GHC110million to the government of Ghana for the year 2021 in respect of its carried interest in the company. This follows a declaration of dividend by the Board of Directors of Newmont Ghana at its second quarter meeting...
The AngloGold Ashanti-Obuasi Mine has said it is keen on contributing to the realization of significant improvement in local education, particularly within its host communities, after spending over GH₵ 1.5 million under its ‘Education Improvement Project.’
The project is also seen as a major boost to the country towards achieving...
AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi, Mine hosted the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo, during his tour to the Ashanti Region on Monday, October 4, 2021.
In his speech, Mr. Eric Asubonteng, the Managing Director AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine, commended the President Akufo- Addo for “continuing to take an interest in the...
AngloGold Ashanti announces that underground ore mining at the Obuasi Gold Mine in Ghana is expected to resume by mid-October.
For the remainder of this year, underground ore will be used only to replenish the Run-of-Mine stockpile. Gold production from underground ore sources is therefore expected to re-
commence only in...
FGRBPL, operators of the Bogoso Prestea Mines (BPM), emerged as joint winners of the Inter-Mines Zonal First Aid Competition with industry “rivals,” Anglogold Iduapriem Mine.
The other competitors in a tough contest, were Gold Fields – Tarkwa Mine, and Ghana Manganese Company. The quiz was in two parts, a practical demonstration of first aid emergency response, and an...
Ghana has joined eight other countries to pilot the open extractives programme in a bid to advance beneficial ownership transparency in the country.
Open Extractives aims to make a transformational impact in the amount of publicly available information on the owners of extractive companies.
Currently, the oil and gas and mining...
There is an urgent need for a paradigm shift in the management and exploitation of natural resources, to ensure the country derives optimal but sustainable benefits from the extractives to cushion socioeconomic development, Executive Director of Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining, WACAM, Daniel Owusu-Koranteng has said.
He said...
AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine has inaugurated a 20-bed fully resourced Communicable Diseases Unit for the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality at the Apinto Government Hospital.
The facility, which was refurbished at the cost of GH₵300,000, will serve as an isolation centre for managing COVID-19 cases in the municipality.
The project covered the provision...
Listening to discussions and reading presentations on the Agyapa deal, it’s easy to state that the intended reinvestment targets development and mining, with a risk far distant from exploration (where capital mostly shies away).
This means exploration project sponsors will struggle to navigate through the risks in bringing exploration to...
The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr George Mireku Duker, has assured workers of Awaso Bauxite Company Limited in the Western North Region that the government would not shut down the company.
He said the state would protect the workers’ interests at all times, adding adequate compensation would...