Zijin Golden Ridge Limited has donated 13 air conditioning units worth GHS 83,125 to the Abirem Government Hospital as part of its ongoing commitment to improving healthcare infrastructure and services within its host communities. The air conditioners will be installed in critical areas of the hospital to support the effective operation and maintenance of sensitive …
More than 60% of the rare mollusc species living around deep-sea hydrothermal vents face extinction from proposed seabed mining, prompting the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to renew calls for a moratorium ahead of global talks on regulating the industry. The IUCN, the global scientific authority on the status of species, said Thursday …
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has held a stakeholder engagement to discuss a proposed offshore reconnaissance project covering Ghana's coastline from Half-Assini in the Western Region to Winneba in the Central Region. The meeting, held at the Accra City Hotel, brought together representatives from technical, academic and government institutions to review the proposed GoldCoast GRC …
The Minerals Commission has reaffirmed that no operating permit will be issued for GoldCoast GRC Ghana Limited's proposed offshore mineral reconnaissance activities until the company satisfies Ghana's environmental and regulatory requirements. Speaking at an Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) stakeholder engagement in Accra, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Commission, Victoria Awuni, said the company's …
South Africa's Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) has arrested five suspects in connection with the alleged illegal trade in unwrought gold and platinum following an investigation spanning Gauteng, Limpopo and North West provinces. The suspects, aged between 33 and 62, were arrested on Thursday, July 9, 2026. Four were apprehended in Bedfordview, Gauteng, while …
The newly established Institute of Minerals Resource Investments and Governance (IMRIG) at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) has assembled a team of experienced mining executives, regulators, legal experts and policy professionals as its founding fellows to support evidence-based research and strengthen mineral governance in Ghana and Africa. The founding fellows were introduced during …
The Acting Director of the Institute of Minerals Resource Investment and Governance (IMRIG) at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Dr Frank Boateng, has identified misinformation and limited public understanding as some of the biggest challenges confronting Ghana's extractive sector, saying the newly launched institute will help promote evidence-based discussions through research and education. …
Belgium has agreed to return and digitise thousands of colonial-era geological records from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a move aimed at strengthening the country's mining sector and improving its management of critical mineral resources. The archive, housed at the AfricaMuseum in Tervuren near Brussels, contains nearly 500 metres of geological maps, mining …
Gold Fields Ghana has engaged key stakeholders from its host communities through its second-quarter Tarkwa Mine Community Consultative Committee (TMCCC) meeting, providing updates on development projects and gathering community input to enhance project implementation. The meeting brought together representatives of host communities and officials of Gold Fields' Tarkwa Mine to discuss development priorities, ongoing initiatives …
The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, is set to officially launch the Institute of Mineral Resource Investment and Governance (IMRIG), a new research and policy institute established to strengthen mineral resource governance, investment frameworks and regulatory reforms in Ghana and across Africa. The Institute has been created under the auspices of UMaT to …
