Tag: Newmont Ghana
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Newmont Ghana partners COCOBOD to rehabilitate Nkawkaw to New Abirem road
Newmont Ghana, in partnership with the Government of Ghana and the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has commissioned the construction of the 41 kilometre road from Nkawkaw to New Abirem Road in the Eastern Region as part of efforts to promote infrastructural development in its host communities and surrounding areas. Under this partnership, Newmont Ghana will…
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COVID-19: Newmont Ghana signs MoU with KCCR to offer support worth GHS3M
Newmont Ghana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) to support the nation’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the MoU, Newmont Ghana will procure PCR equipment, ancillary equipment, reagents and other consumables to augment the capacity of KCCR to scale up its testing.…
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Newmont Ghana is now Newmont Goldcorp Ghana 
Ghana’s leading gold producer, Newmont Ghana, has welcomed the successful completion of the transaction creating the world’s leading gold company, Newmont Goldcorp, and looking forward to a safe and orderly integration. The transaction closed on 18 April 2018, and the Company’s business in Ghana is now called Newmont Goldcorp Ghana. “Newmont Goldcorp features an unmatched…
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Ghana becomes Africa’s top gold producer
Ghana has become the largest gold producer in Africa, toppling South Africa in a recent data released by the World Bank. The data copied to the Ghana News Agency said Ghana exported 158 tonnes of gold in 2018, about 15% increase over the previous year. Ghana has thus dethroned South Africa, which produced 139.3 tonnes…
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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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Newmont deaths: Union demands benefits for contract workers
The Ghana Mine Workers’ Union has told Citi Business News it will not renege on its quest to seek improved working conditions for contract employees in the mining sector. The union maintains that the move should afford such workers all the benefits that are due full time employees and secure their welfare. The remarks follows…
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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…