The Minerals Income and Investment Fund (MIIF) is committed to increasing local participation and ownership in the minerals sector. This will be achieved in collaboration with the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) and the Minerals Commission. In MIIF's quarterly outlook for March 2023, highlights that mining companies will be required to list...
…as IES holds stakeholder engagement at Saltpond The Institute for Energy Security, this week, held a district stakeholder engagement to discuss findings of their recent research report on lithium mining with members of the Saltpond community in the Central Region of Ghana. This is part of efforts to promote a...
Girls at Ofoase Kokoben Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region have been encouraged to take up courses in male-dominated fields, such as mining to contribute to the development of the country. As part of activities marking International Women’s Day (IWD), female workers of mining and drilling services company...
The Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation (GIISDEC) is actively engaging investors to unlock the potential of the domestic iron ore industry, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kwabena Bonsu Fordwor, has revealed. GIISDEC is seeking private investors to explore the natural resource, which is estimated at 6.4 billion tonnes...
 lauds the intervention of Commodity Monitor's GoldKacha machine President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo Addo has expressed government's commitment to continue the fight against illegal mining using improved technology and with the support of the security agencies. The government, he said, is not against mining; however, it is determined to promote responsible...
The Africa Centre for Minerals, Mining and Sustainable Development (ACMMSD), a Centre with the purpose of promoting legal and sustainable mining - especially small-scale mining of minerals in Ghana - has been launched in Accra. In a press release to mark the launch, Executive Secretary of the Centre, Edwin Letsa...
Four new mines are expected to start to come on-stream in the next two and half years, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has said in a major boost to efforts at making the country a mining hub on the continent. Ghana is currently Africa’s leading gold...
The Ghana Chamber of Mines (GCM) has inaugurated the Faculty of Mining and  Mineral Technology block  at the  University  of Mines and Technology  (UMaT)  Tarkwa,  in the Western Region. The facility, sponsored under the GCM- Tertiary Education Fund (TEF) at a cost of $1,112,899.77 will improve teaching and   research in...
The Ghana Chamber of Mines’ Tertiary Education Fund (GCM-TEF) has presented a cheque for GHȻ340,000 to 68 students of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) in the Tarkwa- Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region. The gesture is to support students and brings the total number of beneficiaries at UMaT...
AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) Obuasi Mine has officially handed over a refurbished health facility at Anyinam, a suburb of Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The project, which cost over GH₵700,000, saw the addition of new infrastructure and upgrade of the health facility to provide enhanced...