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Control mineral wealth or risk external exploitation'Dr Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo warns Africa gov'ts
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (498+ words) Africa must present a united front to take control of its vast mineral wealth or risk renewed external exploitation, the Minister of Labour, Jobs and Employment, Dr Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, has warned. According to him, Africa's abundant reserves of cobalt,…...
Check EPA Permits before mining approvals " MMDAs urged
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (393+ words) THE Acting Director of the Mining Department at the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Mrs Justine Seyire Dzadzra, has called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to ensure that individuals and organisations with mining concessions obtain environmental permits from the…...
E&P to invest $1. 2bn in Damang, Tarkwa mines "dispatches heavy-duty equipment to site
3+ week, 2+ day ago (574+ words) Engineers & Planners Company Limited (E&P), a leading indigenous mining company, has said it plans to inject an additional $1. 2 billion into the Damang mine and Tarkwa mine in the Western Region. This will bring total investment in the Damang and Tarkwa…...
Ghana committed to mineral value addition " Pres Mahama to investors
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (396+ words) PRESIDENT John Dramani Mahama has declared that Ghana is determined to become participants in mineral value addition and manufacturing. That, he said, informed the country's bold decision to ban the export of raw mineral ore. "We invite global investors to…...
How Africa can turn fragmented mineral belts into coherent regional value chains
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (655+ words) In 2023, a mine operating along the Central African Copperbelt moved its first test consignment through the Lobito Corridor, using the refurbished rail spine that links the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Angola's Atlantic coast. Roughly 1, 100 tonnes of copper concentrate…...