Workers at an Antofagasta Plc copper mine in Chile escalated a three-day strike Friday, with three union members starting a...
Ghana: Former ECG board chair urges reforms to reduce reliance on tariff hikes
Former Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Board Chair Alexander Afenyo-Markin has urged the power distributor to address revenue leakages and...
Ghana: Upper East seeks gold refinery to retain more value from mineral wealth
Upper East Regional Minister, Akamugri Donatus Atanga, has called for the establishment of a gold refinery in the region to...
Trump wants to reduce the cost of fuel as the midterms loom – will it work?
Prices for gasoline and diesel have more than doubled since the US-Israel conflict with Iran began in February, affecting transport...
Goldcoast licences not cancelled despite suspension of offshore activities — Minerals Commission
The Minerals Commission has clarified that the offshore reconnaissance licences granted to Goldcoast GRC Ghana Limited have not been cancelled...
Newmont CEO Natascha Viljoen inducted into Joburg Indaba Hall of Fame
Natascha Viljoen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Newmont Corporation, was inducted into the Joburg Indaba Mining Hall of Fame...
Atewa Forest will disappear if galamsey persists — Afenyo-Markin
Ghana’s main opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has expressed concern over the growing threat posed by illegal mining,...
Gold ETFs attract record US$31bn in Q3 as UK overtakes China
Global gold-backed ETFs attracted a record US$31 billion in the third quarter of 2026, driven largely by strong demand from...
Ghana to overhaul 27-year-old land policy over disputes, multiple sales
Ghana is moving to overhaul its 1999 National Land Policy amid persistent land disputes, multiple sales of land, encroachment on...
UMaT proposes trained professionals as licensing requirement for small-scale miners
The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT ) has proposed a new framework that would require small-scale mining operators to...