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...
Ghana
Locals Say They’ve Been Shut Out Of Bauxite Concessions By Ghana Government
Ghana’s government is fending off accusations made by locals in the southwestern portion of the country that they were not properly notified by the state regarding bauxite concessions there. Local media reported late last week that residents of Nyinahin in the Ashanti...
Ghana Government Seeking Proposals From Investors For Bauxite Ore Mining Projects
In a bid to maximizing its native mineral wealth to improve domestic infrastructure, the Ghanaian government has begun to solicit...
Ghana And Guinea Mulling Partnership On Bauxite Mining Development
Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said on Tuesday that his government is in talks with the Guinean government to...
Events
Contract Workers At Ghana Bauxite Mining Company Threaten Walkout Over Poor Work Conditions
Labor unrest threatens production at Ghana Bauxite Mining Company Limited, as contract employees pledged to walk off the job unless and until working conditions improve at the site. Per labor spokesperson Issahaku Yakabu, management at the plant is not paying into the country’s Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) as safety conditions continue to […]
Ghana Seeking Investors For Bauxite Extraction: President Akufo-Addo
An integrated aluminium industry is the goal of Ghana’s government, and the country’s president intends to achieve it with the help of private investors from around the globe. Such was the message from President Nana Akufo-Addo to Parliament late last week, promising a formal request for proposals will be distributed by the end of this […]
Proceeds From Bauxite Mining Will Benefit The Ghanaian People: MP Asiamah
Responding to concerns raised by his constituency, MP Isaac Kwame Asiamah went on record earlier this week to promise that proceeds from the Nhyinani bauxite operations would benefit the populace and not big businesses or government officials. “The government is now banking [its] economic hope on our bauxite so I can say that majority of […]
Ghanaian Think Tank Counsels Caution On Bauxite Deal With China
Opposition continues to mount against the US$2-billion bauxite-for-infrastructure deal between the government of Ghana and the People’s Republic of China’s Sinohydro Group Limited, as a local think tank says that the agreement puts Ghana at risk of judgment debts and abandoned projects. IMANI Africa released a seven-page missive against the deal earlier this week, noting […]
Ghana To Make Up Shortfall In US$2 Billion Bauxite Deal With China
New details have emerged in the US$2 billion deal between Ghana and China’s Sinohydro Corp., including a provision that will mandate the west African nation make up any difference between the bauxite revenue gleaned from the deal by Sinohydro and the monies spent on Ghanaian infrastructure. The deal, which was formalized in May, contemplates Sinohydro […]
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 ...
