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, […]
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Obuasi complex JHS wins Obuasi annual basic school quiz
Obuasi Complex Junior High School students Obuasi Complex Junior High School has been adjudged winners of Anglogold Ashanti’s 2020 Annual Quiz Competition held in Obuasi. In a fierce competition which involved Independence JHS A and B and Sanso JHS, Obuasi Complex with 60 points, left no stone unturned to clinch the diadem. Sanso JHS came […]
Obuasi complex JHS wins annual basic schools quiz competition
Obuasi Complex Junior High School has been adjudged winners of Anglogold Ashanti’s 2020 Annual Quiz Competition held in Obuasi. Obuasi Complex claimed 60 points to clinch the prize, beating Independence JHS ‘A’ and ‘B’, and Sanso JHS. Sanso JHS came 2nd with 35 points while Independence JHS ‘A’ and ‘B’ won the 3rd and 4th […]
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 […]
Sale of Bogoso Prestea Mine: Workers demand payment of entitlements
Golden Star Resources sold its Bogoso Prestea Mine to Future Global Resources Employees of Golden Star Resources (GSR) Bogoso Prestea Mine have urged the government to as a matter of urgency prevail on the company to pay their entitlements following the sale of the mine. A statement issued yesterday by the employees alleged that the […]
Anglogold Ashanti launches ‘Obuasi Goes Agro’ programme
The OGA program is in sync with Government’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme Mining giant AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) Ghana has launched its Agro business programme dubbed ‘Obuasi Goes Agro (OGA)’ in Adaase, a farming community in Obuasi. The OGA program is in sync with Government’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme which […]
Anglogold makes changes to its Board
Logo of AngloGold Ashanti AngloGold Ashanti has said that in compliance with paragraph 3.59 of the Listings Requirements, shareholders are advised that the Board of Directors have approved changes to the membership of certain board committees. A statement said with effect from 1 December 2020: Ms Maria Richter will step down as chairman of the […]
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 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) […]