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...
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Ghana To Decide On New Bauxite Joint Partnership By Year’s End: President Akufo-Addo
In the course of the Ghanaian president’s state of the union address last week, Nana Akufo-Addo revealed that the decision by Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) on the subject of a joint venture to explore the country for additional bauxite resources...
First Payment On Infrastructure-For-Bauxite Deal Made By China To Ghana
After talks last weekend between representatives of the two governments, Ghana confirmed that it is going ahead with a US$2-billion...
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...
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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 bids from investors for solutions to enhancing the country’s bauxite ore production and refining process. Earlier this week the chief executive officer of Ghana Integrated Aluminium Corp Michael Ansah made the announcement, noting that offers […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ghana’s Minority Leader Calls On IMF To Review Bauxite Deal With China
Pushback is increasing against a deal between the governments of Ghana and the People’s Republic of China over a US$2-million deal to trade Ghanaian bauxite ore for the construction of badly-needed infrastructure in the country by China, as Thursday saw Ghana’s minority leader call for the deal to be reviewed by the International Monetary Fund […]
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 businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
