Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said government is working on a roadmap that when adopted will ensure a ‘significant’ portion of gold and cocoa beans produced locally are also processed locally.
Dr. Bawumia, speaking at a conference on Fiscal Management of Mining and Petroleum in West Africa organised by the...
The Minister for Aviation, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has indicated that two new domestic airlines will be coming on stream sometime in the second quarter of the year.
Presently, Africa World Airlines (AWA) remain the only domestic air carrier and the Minister reckons with two new airlines coming on board,...
The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) has rejected moves by mining giant AngloGold Ashanti to move from owner mining to contract mining, a trend the union is already battling Goldfields Limited over in the law courts.
The union, in a press statement, called on Parliament to not ratify the Development Agreement...
An Accra High Court, Financial and Economic Division has convicted a former National Coordinator of the defunct Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA) Mr. Abuga Pele and Mr. Philip Akpeena Assibit, a representative of the Goodwill International Group (GIG) to 6 and 12 years imprisonment respectively, after...
Moves into Contract Mining with 21years life of the mine
Between 2000 – 2500 to be employed
Tax Concession Agreement and Development Agreement Awaiting Parliamentary Approval
Mine production for 10years – averaged 350,000oz – 450,000oz at an average head grade of 8.1g/t.
The initial cost of the project...
Out of 275 Members of Parliament(MP), only 100 of them have so far visited the Parliamentary Clinic for frequent medical screening or review, Dr.Mark Assibey-Yeboah,[ MP for New Juaben South has disclosed.
According to Dr. Assibey-Yeboah, Parliament made it available to MPs to go for full health screening but most...
Operators of Courier Services who have failed to acquire licences from the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSRC) have been warned to do so immediately, or soon face prosecution.
Under Section 10 of the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission Act 649, offenders are liable to a fine of...
It is a week to the implementation of government’s controversial tax stamp policy but beverage manufacturers, importers and exporters still maintain paper stamps are not the way to go.
At a press conference organised by the Food and Beverage Association of Ghana (FABAG), with support from Ghana Union of Traders...
Martin Amidu has been approved by Parliament as the country’s first Special Prosecutor to tackle corruption cases in the country.
Presenting the Committee’s report on the floor of Parliament, chairman of the Appointment Committee, Joe Osei-Owusu indicated that Mr Amidu was in a good position for the job.
“Mr. Amidu’s high...
French electricity conglomerate EDF, French transnational company Veolia and their local partner CH Group - who have put in a joint bid for the ECG Concession - have rejected the government policy that allocates 51 percent mandatory ownership of the concession to Ghanaian companies.
In a letter dated February 12,...