Ghana’s Bauxite Mining Plans Well Underway: President Akufo-Addo
Ghana’s president announced earlier this week that his government is well into plans to take advantage of the bauxite ore...
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Akufo-Addo Administration Reaffirms Commitment To Keeping Ghana Bauxite Company Afloat
Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Mining George Mireku Duker went on record last week to reassure workers at Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) that the Akufo-Addo government will continue to work hard to ensure the firm’s continued...
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...
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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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 deal with the People’s Republic of China to exchange infrastructure improvements in the West African country for bauxite ore. According to Ghanaian Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, Beijing has already released the first payment on the deal, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 ...
