Ghana not shortchanged in contract mining – Chamber of Mines president

Ghana not shortchanged in contract mining – Chamber of Mines president

President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Eric Asubonteng The President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Eric Asubonteng, says a mining company’s resolve to transition from owner mining to contract mining will not shortchange the country. According to him, contract mining shouldn’t become a sensitive issue. “A company can be mining on its own, […]

Golden Star employees agitated over plan to include them as 'capital assets' in sale of company

Golden Star employees agitated over plan to include them as ‘capital assets’ in sale of company

File photo Employees of Golden Star Resources (GSR), a mining company operating two gold mines in Ghana, have raised concerns over plans to include them as capital assets in a transfer of company ownership deal. The workers also say GSR is relinquishing the cost to revamp its Bogoso Prestea mine and the environmental rehabilitation liabilities […]

Anglogold Ashanti Ghana launches flagship agro programme at Obuasi

Anglogold Ashanti Ghana launches flagship agro programme at Obuasi

AngloGold Ashanti Ghana (AGAG) Limited has affirmed its commitment to working with stakeholders at Obuasi, a major mining community in the Ashanti Region, to diversify the local economy through agricultural development. In line with this, the company has rolled out the ‘AGAG Obuasi Goes Agro (OGA) Programme,’ to help contribute to the creation of sustainable […]

From mining house to home office: SA mining is bidding adieu to HQ

The beautifully appointed Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, in which AngloGold HQ is found. SOUTH Africa’s mining ‘houses’ were so described to convey the sense of sprawling corporatisation that through time came to typify the ownership patterns of country’s mineral resources. But to call a thing a house also implies a physical confidence. Thus, Johannesburg’s Main Street […]

Lawyers lodge Kabwe mine lead poisoning class action against Anglo SA in High Court

Lawyers lodge Kabwe mine lead poisoning class action against Anglo SA in High Court

LAWYERS acting for over 100,000 Zambians, mostly children, have filed a class action suit against Anglo American South Africa (AASA) which they say is responsible for lead poisoning from the Kabwe mine, an operation in which the miner was invested between 1925 and 1974. The lawsuit, which is being brought to the High Court (Gauteng) […]