Newmont’s Ahafo South mine has successfully commissioned and received Cat® 6040 Next Generation (NG) Hydraulic Mining Shovel from Mantrac Ghana,...
AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem commissions smart systems centre at UMaT
AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine has commissioned a state-of-the-art Smart Systems Centre at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa,...
Minerals Commission wins recognition for local content leadership at Tanzania forum
Ghana’s Minerals Commission has been recognised for its contribution to advancing local content policies in Africa’s mining sector. The Commission...
Illegal miners return to Obuasi Airport site days after security crackdown
The National Security Secretariat in the Ashanti Region has raised concerns over the continued activities of illegal miners operating near...
GIADEC Denies Claims VALCO Is Being Sold to Ibrahim Mahama
The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) has dismissed claims circulating in the public domain that the Volta Aluminium Company...
Gold Fields must win chiefs’ buy-in to secure Tarkwa lease renewal – Bansah
Gold Fields Ghana Limited may need to secure the backing of traditional authorities in the Wassa Fiase Traditional Area if...
Ghana challenges Africa to turn mining local content into industrial growth
Ghana has called for a fundamental shift in the way local content is approached in Africa’s mining sector, arguing that...
US debt could drive gold price to $6,000, analyst says
Gold could climb to $6,000 per ounce as swelling U.S. debt and central-bank buying extend the metal’s bull market, Toronto-based...
Apinto Council submits ‘Shared Prosperity’ plan ahead of Tarkwa Mine lease renewal
The Apinto Traditional Council has submitted a proposal to the government seeking a new partnership framework that would give mining...
Tarkwa Mine lease: Apinto chiefs push for gov’t ownership, community participation
The Apinto Traditional Council says the era where communities bear the environmental and social costs of mining while receiving limited...