Ghana is a major producer of manganese carbonate ore, an essential element needed for processing stainless steel. Mining began in 1916, controlled by the American- owned African Manganese Company, and this continued until 1975, when production was taken over by the government owned National Manganese Corporation. The period of highest production was in the mid […]
Two of the world’s most sought-after commodities -bauxite and manganese are being locked up in Awaso and Nsuta in the Western and Ashanti regions of Ghana. This development has angered the residents of the two resource host communities, the mining companies, and the Ghana Mineworkers’ Union (GMWU), which issued a one year ultimatum to the […]
LAGOS State Government has restated its commitment to ensure internationally accepted standards in the sand mining industry in the country. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Iyabode Obasa, stated this while receiving the Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Evaluation of mining sites and document from companies intending to operate across the three […]
THE Zambian Government insisted it would punish mining companies whose operations were shrouded in controversy. Subsequently, the government announced plans to extend forensic audits to all mining companies in the country to ensure their operations were transparent. Addressing Parliament recently in Lusaka, the Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister, Christopher Yaluma, said the process had […]
By Mining editor The Ghana Mineworkers’ Union (GMWU) has welcomed the announcement by President John Mahama that Ghana is seeking international cooperation to move the mining sector from a primary processor of mineral resources to a secondary one. The union agrees with the President that over-reliance on primary production, had over the years denied the […]
Leonardo Notarbartolo strolls into the prison visiting room trailing a guard as if the guy were his personal assistant. The other convicts in this eastern Belgian prison turn to look. Notarbartolo nods and smiles faintly, the laugh lines crinkling around his blue eyes. Though he’s an inmate and wears the requisite white prisoner jacket, Notarbartolo […]
