Extractives

The Ghana Chamber of Mines has expressed profound appreciation to the government for scrapping Value Added Tax (VAT) on exploration activities, an intervention the industry describes as timely, strategic, and …

Azumah Resources has closed a long-lead equipment order deal with FLSmidth (FLS) as a key strategic technology and equipment supplier partner for the Black Volta Gold Project. The deal was …

Golden Star Resources (GSR), owners of Golden Star Wassa Limited, are positive of leveraging results of a recent preliminary economic assessment (PEA) report to leapfrog the Wassa Underground Mine as …

Ghana and Burkina Faso have formed a joint technical team on mining to facilitate mining operations for their mutual advancement. Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Minister for Lands and Natural …

The Register-General Jemima Oware, has announced the deployment of a new Central Beneficial Ownership Register for all companies operating in the country. “We will start with the extractive industry and …

Introduction             The topic for discussions in recent days is the authorization given to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to set up the Agyapa special purpose vehicle (SPV) to own …

Ghana is expected to witness a US$10 billion boost in its economy with government’s plan of exploiting bauxite and aluminum reserves into the Integrated Aluminum Industry. To achieve that objective, …

Gold has topped US$2,000 (£1,527) an ounce for the first time as traders look for havens amid the pandemic. Investors have moved cash into the precious metal as Covid-19 cases …

Seven Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and four private citizens, have jointly sued the government over the exploration and drilling of deep wells in the Atewa Forest Reserve. Mr Martin Kpebu, …

Background The theme for this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity, celebrated today May 22, is ‘Our solutions are in nature’. This refers to the fact that nature has solutions …