Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have discovered new two-dimensional semiconducting property of crystalline single atomic layers of gold when paired with equal thickness of silver. Metals are usually characterized by good electrical conductivity. This applies in particular to gold and silver. However, the...
By Raymond Kudzawu-D’Pherdd In spite of a 6% annual increase in production in 2019, Ghana lost her number one position in gold production on the continent in the first quarter of 2020. The country produced 700 koz of gold in the first quarter of...
Accra Mining Network (AMN), an exceptionally diverse network of industry professionals, has held its 2nd quarter meeting for 2019. The Network, a team of industry professionals who meet and find best scientific solutions to trending challenges and subsequently advocate to influence appropriate favourable policies...
If well positioned, Ghana’s mining sector can serve as a catalyst for economic industrialisation and diversification, the Chief of National Resource Management Section, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Dr Kojo Busia, has stated. He said there was the need for the creation...
April 2015 Dr. Joyce Aryee, former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, has asked leaders to find solutions to the illegal mining menace, as it is draining the economy of huge revenue and destroying the environment. “The challenge of illegal gold...
The Obuasi Mine, a subsidiary of AngloGold Ashanti steps up to developing the Obuasi community. The Mine is injecting $1 million into infrastructural development in the Obuasi Township as part of her corporate-social responsibility in Ghana. The Managing Director, Mr. Eric Asubonteng in the...
Two young researchers, Mr. Emmanuel Atta Mends and Mr. Obed Boakye Afriyie, both from the University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, have won the 2020 AusIMM Scholarship Award. Emmanuel is looking forward to devoting the next 5 years into studying streams that are susceptible...
The Top 10 largest gold mines in West Africa produced 1,051 koz of gold in Q1 2020 inching up 2% more than what they produced in the first quarter of 2019 (1,032 koz). Ghana featured 5 mines out of the Top 10 mines in...
The gold mining industry in West Africa showed resilience during Q1 2020 despite Covid-19 and preexisting negative factors. Loulo-Gounkoto was the largest gold producing mine in West Africa in the first quarter of 2020. Recent gold production numbers show that the struggling South Africa’s...
Industrial gold output from Ghana, Africa’s top producer of the precious metal, increased 6% in 2019 from the previous year while small-scale gold production dropped 20%, the Chamber of Mines said in its annual general meeting on Friday. Industrial mines produced 2.989 million ounces...
Endeavour Mining (TSX:EDV) shareholders on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favour of the previously announced acquisition of fellow Canadian gold miner Semafo (TSX: SMF) in a deal worth C$1 billion. Pursuant to the agreement, Endeavour will indirectly acquire all Semafo common shares on the basis of...
Researchers from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology have confirmed very high concentrations of mercury contamination in the countries water bodies from soil samples in mining communities. This underscores earlier belief that 90% of the country’s water bodies may be contaminated from...
