Ghana’s mining sector contributed a record GH₵17.7 billion in revenue to the government in 2024, marking a 51.2% increase from GH₵11.7 billion in 2023, according to the Ghana Chamber of Mines. Dividends paid to the state soared by over 600%, reaching GH₵1.03 billion, highlighting the sector’s growing role as aContinue Reading
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, is currently being denied access to his family while in the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), his lawyer has confirmed. Speaking on JoyNews, Wontumi’s lawyer Andy Appiah-Kubi stated,Continue Reading
Ghana owes its current level of development to the mining sector, and without it, the country would not be where it is today. That’s the claim by Ahmed Dasana Nantogmah, Acting Chief Executive of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, in an interview on JoyNews. “But for mining, Ghana won’t be hereContinue Reading
The envoys from China, Australia, and the United States of America (USA), have paid separate courtesy calls on Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, to express their support for the government’s mining sector policies. Mr Tong Defa, the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, first to payContinue Reading