Tag: Ahafo mine
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Newmont to comply with Ahafo mine accident findings
Newmont Ghana Limited says it will address all findings outlined in the investigative committee’s report on its Ahafo mine expansion project. According to the company’s Regional Senior Vice President for Newmont Africa, Alwyn Pretorius, the firm will work to prevent the incident from happening again. “We are all devastated by the loss of six colleagues…
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Six persons die at Newmont Ghana’s Ahafo site
At least six persons have died with others sustaining various degrees of injury following an accident at Newmont Ghana’s Ahafo mine site. The incident occurred on Saturday April 7, 2018. Information available to Citi Business News indicates that the fatalities occurred when a reclaim tunnel roof collapsed on the workers who were engaged as part…
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Kenyasi residents strike over ‘no jobs’ at Newmont
Some angry youth in Kenyasi in the Brong Ahafo Region on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 blocked all roads leading to and from the community. They were demonstrating against mining company, Newmont, and demanding immediate employment. The irate youth also say they are unhappy about the company’s alleged pollution of some water bodies and the destruction…