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South African gold miner becomes first major casualty of Ghana’s tighter resource control

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Gold Fields will hand over ownership and operatorship of the Damang mine to the Government of Ghana … More

Damang mine, ghana, Gold Fields, gold sector, mineral wealth., mining lease expiry, parliamentary approval, resource nationalism, state ownership, transition

Ghana: President Sets Ambitious Target to End Raw Mineral Exports Within 5 Years

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – At the 2026 Minerals Commission Local Content Summit in Takoradi, John Dramani Mahama announced a bold plan … More

downstream processing, economic development, extractive sector, ghana, industrialisation, John Dramani Mahama, local content, mining sector reform, raw mineral exports, Value Addition

Critical Mineral Mining Faces Risks If Local Communities Aren’t Consulted Enough – the Case of Lithium in Ghana

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – As Ghana emerges as a lithium producer, weak governance, exclusion of local communities, and inadequate compensation threaten … More

benefit-sharing, community participation, Critical Minerals, Energy Transition, free prior and informed consent, ghana, governance, lithium mining, social licence to operate, supply chains

Ghana has taken a significant step towards retaining more value from its gold resources by commencing local gold refining for artisanal and small-scale mining.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Ghana has begun refining gold locally from its artisanal and small-scale mining sector through a partnership between … More

artisanal and small-scale mining, ghana, Gold Coast Refinery, gold refining, GoldBod, industrialisation, jobs, mining sector, Rand Refinery, Value Addition

Africa Stands to Benefit From Gold Rally Amid Global Instability

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Geopolitical turbulence, including the arrest of Venezuela’s president, has bolstered gold’s status as a safe-haven asset and … More

africa, Burkina Faso, central bank reserves, export revenues, fiscal receipts, geopolitical uncertainty, ghana, gold prices, gold rally, investment potential, mali, mining sector, safe-haven asset

Ghanaians Must Take Control of Natural Resources – Dr Kpikpi

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Dr John Kpikpi has urged Ghana to take true ownership and control of its natural resources, arguing … More

capital flight, equity, ghana, lithium, local capacity, mining agreements, Natural Resources, resource ownership, resource sovereignty

A Year After the Reset – The Goldbod and Ghana’s Renewed Resource Agenda

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Following President John Dramani Mahama’s return to office after the 2024 elections, Ghana established the Ghana Gold … More

artisanal and small-scale mining, foreign reserves, ghana, Ghana Gold Board, gold mining, GoldBod, governance reform, resource sovereignty, transparency, Value Addition

Ghana: International Conference On Energy Transition and Critical Minerals Opens in Accra

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – A three-day international conference on energy transition and critical minerals has opened in Accra, bringing together experts, … More

Accra conference, Africa industrialisation, AMDC, Critical Minerals, Energy Transition, ghana, green minerals, lithium, mineral negotiations, Southern Africa Resource Watch, Third World Network-Africa, UNCTAD, Value Addition

The World Is Hungry for Lithium, and Liberia Is Sitting On Billions of Dollars’ Worth.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Liberia’s newly discovered lithium reserves, worth billions, present a historic opportunity to fuel national development, but the … More

angola, botswana, Burkina Faso, china, economic sovereignty, foreign exploitation, ghana, industrialization, liberia, lithium, mining, namibia, resource ownership

Ghana: Invest in Prospecting, Exploration to Maximise Mineral Gains …Dr Ashigbey Urges Govt

5 August 2025 Ghanaian Times (Accra) By Kingsley Asare  THE Chief Exec­utive Officer of the Ghana Cham­ber of Mines (GCM), … More

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