Local Tribal Chiefs Allay Fears Of Harm To Ghana’s Atewa Forest By Proposed Bauxite Mining
Responding to protests against bauxite mining in the Atewa Forest, four of the area’s chiefs and elders released a statement...
Atewa Forest
IMF Says Collateral At Risk In Bauxite-Backed Loan From Sinohydro To Ghana
Repayment of a US$2-billion loan backed by a portion of Ghana’s bauxite reserves may be defaulted upon according to a report published last week quoting the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to the Natural Resource Governance Institute’s report entitled Resource-Backed Loans: Pitfalls...
Bauxite Mining In Ghana’s Atewa Forest To Be Done In Environmentally Responsible Manner: Akufo-Addo
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said late last week that bauxite mining in the Atewa Forest will go forward despite objections...
Ghana Bauxite Authority Urged By Domestic NGOs To Seek ASI Certification
A domestic NGO is urging the Ghanaian aluminium authority to pursue certification by the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI) in order...
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Ghana Government Promotes “Open Door” Policy For Domestic Bauxite Trade
Ghana’s aluminium promotion and development body is attempting to foster greater communication between the state and various stakeholders in order to ensure that its bauxite ore reserves are utilized to the most beneficial extent possible. Last week the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) announced to local media the implementation of an “open door” policy […]
Bauxite Mining In Atewa Forest Will Be Mindful Of Local Flora And Fauna: Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo
Bauxite mining in the Atewa forest would be carried out in a responsible fashion that would not put the area’s unique flora and fauna at risk. Such was the message of Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo delivered in comments made late last week. While speaking at the Sustainable Ocean Industries Conference, Akufo-Addo said that all mining […]
China’s Plan To Mine Bauxite Beneath Ghana’s Forests Criticized By Group Of 65 Civil Society Organizations
A group of over five dozen civil society organizations (CSOs) spoke out against plans by the People’s Republic of China to develop Ghana’s bauxite resources on the grounds of societal and environmental concerns. The group of 65 CSOs, which include 37 Ghanaian groups, 11 from elsewhere in Africa, and 17 from other continents, stated their […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
