The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF or "the Fund") delivered a resilient operating performance in 2025, navigating a materially changed statutory, macroeconomic, and investment environment to close the year with an audited profit of GH¢1.1 billion.
The country is set to undertake its most sweeping overhaul of mining legislation in nearly two decades after Cabinet approved a new legal framework aimed at tightening mineral licencing, deepening local participation, strengthening community benefits and positioning the sector to generate greater value for the economy.
A renegotiated agreement to increase Ghanaian ownership through the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF), legally binding local participation targets and creation of a statutory Mining Community Development Fund is at the heart of a petition urging the Council of State to advise government against denying Gold Fields Ghana Limited's Tarkwa mining lease renewal.
Global bulk material handling specialist Martin Engineering Africa has strengthened its presence in Ghana by appointing Aggrey & Associates as its exclusive distributor, a move aimed at expanding technical support and improving operational efficiency for the country’s mining and industrial sectors.
Azumah Resources Ghana Ltd has categorically rejected media reports alleging that an international arbitration tribunal or a foreign court has ordered the Black Volta Project to be handed over to former foreign investors, describing the publications as false, misleading and a complete misrepresentation of ongoing legal proceedings.
The country risks losing billions of dollars in mining investment and ceding ground to regional rivals unless it eases its fiscal burden and restores investor confidence in the security of mining leases, the Ghana Chamber of Mines has warned.
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