Industrial gold output from Ghana, Africa’s top producer of the precious metal, increased 6% in 2019 from the previous year while small-scale gold production dropped 20%, the Chamber of Mines said in its annual general meeting on Friday.
Industrial mines produced 2.989 million ounces of gold in 2019, up from...
Gold and silver are selling on a high, lifted by concerns over economic growth, a second wave of virus infections and simmering tensions between the U.S. and China.
Last week, gold headed back toward its peak in April l, when prices hit the highest since 2012. Silver , meanwhile jumped...
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate’s fight against the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) has received a major boost as mining equipment and technology services provider, Sandvik Mining & Construction (Ghana) Ltd has donated personal protective equipment to the directorate.
The GH¢150,000 equipment are to augment government’s supplies and help the region with...
Gold miners will need to invest $37 billion into projects in the next five years to maintain 2019 production levels and counter the prospect of peak supply, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said in a report on Wednesday.
With no major new gold discoveries over the last few years, miners have resorted...
The newly elected General Secretary of the Ghana Mineworkers’ Union of TUC, Abdul-Moomin Gbana, addressed the mid-year National Executive Council meeting last weekend in Sunyani, capital of the Bono Region, and commended government for its bold response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He noted that the pandemic outbreak has not been...
By Kizito CUDJOE
Domestic gold exports soared to unprecedented levels in first-half 2024, driven by a surge in gold prices and increased production from both small- and large-scale miners.
According to Chief Executive Officer (CEO)-Minerals Commission, Martin Ayisi, gold exports accounted for 54 percent of total export - amounting to US$5billion...
The United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator for Ghana, Mr. Charles Abani, has observed that addressing illegal mining or galamsey is crucial to establishing a sustainable economy.
He further indicated that illegal mining has devastating impacts on people, poverty, jobs, child-labour, the environment and water, while also driving illicit financial flows.
The...
Efforts to tame illegal mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey’, have failed to yield results in the Ahafo Region, as the menace continues to attract a significant number of youth to wreak havoc on the environment with impunity.
The galamsey menace is rife in communities like Ntotroso, Gyedu, Kenyasi, Hwidiem and...
President-Fertility Society of Ghana (FERSOG), Dr. Rudolph Kantum Adageba, has linked toxic chemicals like mercury and cyanide - commonly used in mining activites - to long-term health issues associated with their exposure.
These substances can severely damage reproductive health, he cautions. They include risks of infertility, DNA abnormalities and other...
Working in Bogoso Prestea Mine was of one of the greatest aspirations of many people especially those within the immediate communities of the Mine.
It is no secret that the Mine since its establishment has attracted a lot of Ghanaians from all corners of the country, some of which have...