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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Mike Hammah, Minister of Land and Natural Resources from The Report: Ghana 2012
Articles & Analysis | A fledgling industry: While oil is now flowing, questions about sustainability, long-term development and resource maximisation remain from The Report: Ghana 2012
The transition from energy “nobody” to an important regional player is reaching a crucial phase in Ghana. Since the discovery of offshore oil in June 2007, the government has made a number of decisions to reach oil production in just 42 months, the quickest turnaround in the history of the modern energy sector. However, the decision-making process...
Articles & Analysis | Digging deep: Mineral exports expected to rise as the sector looks to create a stable environment for investment from The Report: Ghana 2012
With revenues and production of a number of minerals on the rise, Ghana’s mining industry continues to be a prime contributor to export earnings and to state coffers. As the government completes the mapping and geological survey of the remaining unchartered seams, the prospects for continued growth and earnings from the sector look positive. However...
Articles & Analysis | An ambitious target: Working to source 10% of power from modern renewables by 2020 from The Report: Ghana 2012
While hydrocarbons have come to dominate the energy headlines in Ghana, the government is also looking at other means of generating power. Like most economies, the country wants to diversify its generation mix and investigate the potential for sustainable and renewable energy technologies.
Mining and quarrying, excluding oil and gas, accounted for 2.7% of Ghana’s real GDP in 2011, having grown 19% that year. The country has been producing higher levels of many minerals, including bauxite, silica, coltan, gold and manganese. Gold in particular has been a major boon to the sector given the investor flight to gold that occurred in the wake of the global financial crisis. Indeed, gold...