Ghana's new gold royalty hike shakes mining industry

As gold prices surge, Ghana has introduced a new' sliding-scale' to capture more royalties from its mined gold. For over a decade, Ghana, Africa's top gold producer, levied a flat 5% royalty on gold ...
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Ghana’s drop in Mining Investment Attractiveness Index troubling — Abu Jinapor

A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has described as troubling the recent release of the Global Mining Investment Attractiveness Index, which reveals a decline in ...
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Residents turn to community patrols as illegal gold mining grows in Ghana

Friar Joseph Kwame Blay, center, a Ghanaian Franciscan Catholic Pries and native of Jema, and members of a local anti-illegal gold mining task force patrol a forest reserve in the Jema community in ...
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‘We will proceed’ — Ghana rejects foreign pressure over gold royalty reform

‘We will proceed’ — Ghana rejects foreign pressure over gold royalty reform Ghana is pressing ahead with a new sliding-scale gold royalty regime aimed at increasing the country’s share of mining ...
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Ghana Proposes Significant Mining Law Reforms that Could Adversely Impact Investors

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Minerals Commission are the primary regulatory bodies overseeing Ghana’s mining industry. The Ghanian government plans to introduce three key ...

Ghana to introduce new gold royalty regime on Tuesday despite opposition, regulator says

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila DAKAR, March 9 (Reuters) - Ghana will press ahead on Tuesday with a new sliding‑scale gold royalty regime that links state revenues to rising bullion prices, the head of ...
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GHEITI clarifies Ghana’s new mineral royalty regime, urges balanced approach to protect investment

The Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) has provided context to the debate over the country’s new ...

China, US pressure Ghana to halt gold royalty hike, document, sources say

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila DAKAR, March 5 (Reuters) - China, the U.S. and other Western governments have mounted an unusually coordinated push to get Ghana to halt a gold royalty hike they say could ...
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Africa’s largest gold producer Ghana wants to replace fixed 5% royalty with sliding scale

China, the US and other Western governments have mounted an unusually co-ordinated push to get Ghana to halt a gold royalty ...
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Ghana communities face hazardous toxin levels linked to mining, study warns

Samples show arsenic and mercury levels above global guidelines President Mahama is trying to regulate artisanal mining Protesters have demanded more action to clean up sector DAKAR, Sept 22 (Reuters) ...
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Illegal mining in Ghana: Five questions to understand a national emergency

Illegal gold mining has become Ghana’s most combustible environmental and political issue, muddying rivers, hollowing out cocoa farms and testing the authority of President John Mahama’s new ...
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Cocoa crisis: Illegal gold mining damaging yields and prices

Cocoa prices have recently reached record highs, plunging the cocoa sector into disarray and damaging the financial outlook for large-scale manufacturers. Such cataclysmic price increases are often ...