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...
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...
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.
Since 2009, murmurs about shale gas potential in the Karoo Basin have become a cacophony of controversy. On the one hand, international and domestic hydrocarbons firms are calling for significant exploration efforts to establish whether the expected deposits are commercially viable, suggesting that any major discoveries could be game-changers for...
Coping with rising demand in the face of years of underinvestment in infrastructure is a key challenge for South Africa’s energy sector. With power outages dominating headlines in 2008, maintaining a stable supply of energy to industry, business and domestic consumers is crucial to the country’s future economic growth. South Africa has also moved...
Critical in the production of steel, iron ore, which represents around 95% of all metal used each year – is a major potential growth area for South Africa. According to a March 2011 report released by Kumba Iron Ore (KIO), a South African unit of London-headquartered Anglo American and the fifth-largest seaborne iron ore supplier in the world, the...
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