The government of Ghana has revealed plans to invest about US$100 million in the small scale gold mining sector in the next five years. This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta in the 2024 budget statement and economic policy presented to the Parliament of Ghana on Wednesday November 15, 2023. According to […]
Ghana’s Gold and Oil export receipts jumped in 2022 whilst Cocoa export receipts declined
Ghana’s Gold and Oil export receipts jumped in 2022 whilst Cocoa export receipts declined. For decades, Ghana has been a commodity dependent country relying heavily on export revenues from the three major trading commodities: gold, cocoa and oil (since production commenced in 2011). Gold for decades remains the leading commodity export earner for the country. […]
Ghana’s president introduced to mercury-free mineral processing technology
At the recently ended National Consultative Dialogue on Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) in Accra, Ghana, Commodity Monitor Limited had a unique opportunity to introduce its mercury-free, efficient mineral processing technology to the President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Under the theme ‘Sustainable Small Scale Mining for National Development‘, the dialogue held on […]
Commodity Monitor rolls out first-ever successful mercury-free equipment for small scale miners in Ghana
Commodity Monitor, a commodity trading, logistics, and research company based in Accra, has rolled out the first-ever successful mercury-free mining equipment that efficiently recover more gold for artisanal and small scale miners in Ghana without using any chemical like mercury. In a demonstration organised in June this year in the Prestea-Huni Valley District of the […]
Clean Gold – A Game Changer for Mining
On this weeks Blog we caught up with Kevin Fell co-founder & Group CEO of local Singapore based company Clean Earth Technologies to talk about some very interesting solutions they are bringing to the mining world. So let’s get straight into the Q&A session… 1. Can you give us some background Clean Earth Technologies (CET) the company? Based in […]
Changing the status quo in Ghana’s mining sector
The artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) subsector in particular has contributed significantly to the overall economic gains Ghana has had from mining. Currently, the ASM subsector contributes about 39% (1.6 million ounce) of the total gold production in Ghana. It contributes significantly to foreign exchange earnings, generates both direct and indirect employment for many […]