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Star Africa Commodities & Minerals Limited is a fully integrated company founded in 2009 in the Republic of Ghana, initially formed for the purpose of acquiring interests in mineral and hydrocarbon deposits throughout Africa.
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Mining in Ghana is a major contributor to the economy of Ghana, providing about 40% of its foreign exchange earnings [1] as well as about 5.7% of its Gross Domestic Product.. Gold dominates the mineral sector, contributing over 90% of total mineral exports.
Location of Ghana. Ghana is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.A multicultural nation, Ghana has a population of approximately 27 million, spanning a variety of ethnic, linguistic and religious groups. [1]
The 26th National Farmers' Day of the 2010 Ghana-KITA Best Institution Award in Ashanti Region. Agriculture in Ghana consists of a variety of agricultural products and is an established economic sector, providing employment on a formal and informal basis. [1] [2] It is represented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. [3]
The Ghana Chamber of Mines (GCM) is the main minerals industry association in Ghana. The Chamber is a voluntary private sector employers association representing companies and organizations engaged in the minerals and mining industry. It was founded in 1928 and has its members accounting for over 90 percent of all of the country's mineral ...
The first operations began in the 1940s, with the Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) managing the extraction and export of bauxite since then. [ 4 ] In 2018, the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) was established by an Act of Parliament , under the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation Act, 2018 (Act 976).
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources was established under Section 11 of the Civil Service Law 1993 PNDC Law 327. The ministry as part of its mandate is to ensure the sustainable management and utilization of the nation's lands, forests and wildlife resources as well as the efficient management of the mineral resources for socio-economic growth and development. [4]