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In 2023, Ghana produced around 4.2 million ounces of gold, contributing to approximately 4% of the world’s total output. The main gold-producing regions are Ashanti, Western, and Eastern regions, with major players including Newmont, Gold Fields, AngloGold Ashanti, and Kinross Gold. Gold exports in 2022 accounted for about 12.3% of Ghana's GDP.
Ghana became the largest gold-producing country in Africa after overtaking South Africa in 2019. [28] The country is also the second-largest cocoa producer (after Ivory Coast). [29] Ghana is rich in diamonds, manganese or manganese ore, bauxite, and oil. Most of its debt was cancelled in 2005, but government spending was later allowed to balloon.
VALCO smelts alumina to produce aluminium ingots at its smelter at Tema.Locally, a major Ghanaian customer of VALCO is Aluworks.While one motivation for establishing the plant was the local availability of bauxite in Ghana, the major raw material of alumina, VALCO has for many decades imported alumina to produce aluminum.
Galamsey in Ghana. Galamsey refers to illegal small-scale gold mining in Ghana. [1] [2] The term is derived from the English phrase "gather them and sell". [3]Historically, galamsey referred to traditional small-scale mining practices in Ghana, where local communities would gather and search for gold in rivers and streams.
Industry in Ghana accounts for about 24.5% of total GDP. [1] However, Ghana's industrial production is rising at a 7.8% rate, giving it the 38th fastest growing industrial production in the world [ 2 ] due to government industrialization policies.
The Jubilee Oil Field is an oil field located off the coast of Ghana's Western Region in the South Atlantic Ocean under the ownership of the Kosmos Energy, Occidental Petroleum and the Tullow Oil. The Jubilee field is located 60 km offshore, between the Deepwater Tano and West Cape Three Points blocks off the coast of the Ghana's Western Region ...
Miss Grand Ghana 2022; Mpox outbreak in Ghana This page was last edited on 16 February 2021, at 12:43 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) is a government ministry of Ghana, headquartered in Accra. [1]The Minister for Trade and Industry is the Ghana government official responsible for running the ministry.