The global top 40 mining companies are so far weathering the COVID-19 crisis but should take advantage of relative stability to adopt strategies to mitigate against further economic and social risks, according to PwC’s Mine 2020 report.
PwC’s forecast for 2020 suggests the big miners will take a modest hit to earnings...
Oil slumped on Monday, extending last week's losses, as new coronavirus infections hit China, Japan and the United States' increasing concerns that a resurgence of the virus could weigh on the recovery of fuel demand.
Brent crude futures fell $1.32, or 3.4percent, to US$37.41 a barrel by 0716 GMT, while...
On a cold winter’s night in July 2016, thousands of people gathered inside and outside Rotten Row Magistrates’ Court in Harare to await the verdict in the Zimbabwean government’s case against Pastor Evan Mawarire, the leader of the #ThisFlag movement and a staunch opponent of then-President Robert Mugabe. When...
Government, through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), in partnership with Knights A.S, a technology transfer company, has introduced subsidized agriculture engineering technology to aid small and medium scale farmers in production.
The initiative which falls under the mechanization module of government’ flagship programme, ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’,...
Frames are cognitive categories or schema people use to describe, interpret, and sort events, issues, and entities to understand and predict their environment. Framing is conceptually connected to the underlying psychological processes that people use to examine information, to make judgements, and to draw inferences about the world around...
Golden Star Bogoso Prestea Limited (GSBPL) Ladies Club have presented items to Prestea Huni-Valley Municipal Assembly.
The items which includes 40 gallons of liquid soap, 36 gallons of bleach and 20 large bottles of sanitizers are to be distributed to health facilities such as Prestea Government Hospital, Himan Health Center,...
Budget deficit and its accompanying debt are key indicators in accessing the health of any economy. At the end of March 2020, Ghana’s public debt reached GHȼ 236.1 billion according to the Bank of Ghana. Of the total debt, US$ 22.9 billion is external representing 31.4% while GHȼ 113...
The massive macro-financial shock caused by the pandemic continues to ravage the global economy and has put both banks and borrowers under severe strain. Supervisors find themselves confronted with unprecedented challenges which call for decisive action to ensure that banking systems support the real economy while preserving financial stability....
Universities in the country opened yesterday to enable final year students to complete their education as part of measures of the gradual easing of COVID-19 restrictions. To this end, government is to make available Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other logistics to the 234 universities in the country.
We learn...