by Raymond Kudzawu-D’Pherdd In June 2020, Shandong Gold Mining of China made an offer of A$0.60 a share in cash for Cardinal Resources Namdini Project. This offer beat a preliminary proposal announced by Nordgold in March 2020 of...
By Raymond Kudzawu-D’Pherdd. Three separate earth tremors hit the south eastern part of Ghana on Wednesday June 24, 2020. They lasted for a period of about 10 minutes. The first of the tremors was felt across Accra, Tema,...
Cardinal Resources announced that it had entered into a bid implementation agreement with the Chinese Shandong Gold Mining on June 18, 2020 for the Namdini Project. Consequently, Shandong Gold Mining is said to have made a quick move...
The unbridled informal mining activities and the associated environmental degradation in Ghana necessitated a prolong governmental ban on all artisanal and small scale mining activities in the country. This temporarily provided improvements in the country’s water bodies. Unfortunately,...
Using the “All-In-Sustaining-Cost” (AISC) which is a mining metric that estimates all direct and recurring costs required to mine a unit of ore, three best performing mines in Ghana appear on the West African Mining Province: they are...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
