Ghana’s mining industry could see investment levels rise on the back of government efforts to improve the business environment and announcements that key gold mines are preparing to reopen or expand operations.
In February the South African-headquartered AngloGold Ashanti, the world’s third-largest gold producer - which also operates the Iduapriem...
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has cautioned AngloGold Ashanti it should adhere to the country’s local content policies.
Mr. Amewu said that even though government is not opposed to foreign companies, it will not look on unconcerned as Ghanaians are disadvantaged in the mining industry.
Speaking...
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is seeking private investors for the ailing Prestea Sankofa Gold Limited, one of the inherited unprofitable entities of the oil and gas-focused company, as it seeks to streamline its activities and focus on its core mandate.
“The prudent thing we have done is to...
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the Forestry Commission and other stakeholders, has celebrated the International Day of Forests on March 21.
It is a day set aside by the United Nations (UN) to raise awareness on the importance of all types of forests and trees...
A Civil Society group operating within the mining sector, Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM), have joined the Ghana MineWorkers' Union (GMWU), to kick against Goldfields Ghana Limited's (GFGL) moves to contractor mining at its Tarkwa mine.
WACAM has therefore called on the government, to immediately intervene and...
Goldfields Ghana Limited has said it will disengage the services of around 1,350 workers, and not 2,150 - with the contractor under its new contract mining arrangement expected to absorb about 80 – 85 percent of them.
The company said this in a letter dated March 9, 2018, signed by...
Government’s continuous neglect of mining communities in terms of providing good roads and other social amenities has far-reaching consequences, chairman of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi, has said.
He challenged government to complement the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts of mining firms and channel development...
The B&FT has gathered that, the number of workers to be disengaged by Goldfields Ghana Limited, to be employed by a contractor as Goldfields moves from owner mining, may reduce from the reported 1,500 to around 1,350.
This was contained in a letter sighted by the B&FT, dated March 09,...
The Minister for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, has sent a very strong signal to illegal miners known in the local parlance as galamsayers, who are polluting the country’s various water bodies, to put an end to their dastardly act or face the full rigours of the law when caught.
According to...
Mrs. Hanna Owusu-Koranteng, Associate Executive Director of Wacam-a civil society organiSation, has advocated review of the Multisectoral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP) for it to be holistic and incorporate all surface-mining operations so as to ensure effectively dealing with all mining-related problems.
The MMIP is a five-year government policy instrument designed...