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Following the recent G20 summit, a clear message has emerged: Africa is not merely a beneficiary of the global economy, but a formidable builder, innovator, and industrial force. This reality is most evident in the continent’s accelerating digital and industrial transformation across critical sectors like mining, ports, energy, and infrastructure, …

Northern Ghana’s artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector, operating amidst informality, porous borders, and opaque financial flows, mirrors the very conditions that have allowed groups like Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) to profit from gold elsewhere in the Sahel. While no current evidence directly links JNIM to exploiting …

Appian Capital Advisory, the investment advisor to long-term value-focused private capital funds that invest in companies in metals, mining, and adjacent industries. The completion of a US$150 million acquisition financing package to Atlantic Group is to support the buyout of Tongon gold mine in Côte d’Ivoire from Barrick Mining Corporation. …

South African based manufacturing plant, TLT Turbo Africa has unveiled its latest innovation, a Smart Fan designed to redefine ventilation efficiency across the mining and energy sectors. The company, which has supplied critical ventilation systems to major projects such as the Gautrain and leading mines across Southern Africa, says the …

By Steven Lumley, technical manager, WearCheck Specialist condition monitoring company, WearCheck, keeps adding to the discussion about oil additives – the latest topic is anti-wear additives. What are they? Zinc dithiophosphate (ZDP), Zinc dialkyl-dithiophosphate (ZDDP) compounds, organic phosphates, Organomolybdenum compounds. What do they do? Reduce friction and wear How do …

Ghana’s burgeoning gold mining sector particularly the illegal small-scale mining known as galamsey, presents a complex trade-off between short-term economic gain and long-term ecological and health security. While the sector is a significant economic driver, directly employing over a million small-scale miners and contributing 35% of the nation’s gold production, its unchecked expansion …

Dr. Richard Asiedu, Board Chairman of the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation (GIISDEC), has issued a compelling call to Ghanaian and African professionals abroad, urging them to pivot from simple remittances to long-term strategic investment in the nation’s burgeoning extractive industry. Speaking at the Diaspora Reset Engagement Conference …

Ashanti Regional Minister, Frank Amoakohene, has vehemently denied recent allegations linking him to illegal mining, or ‘galamsey,’ operations, labeling the claims as “false, malicious, and completely without merit.” The accusations were publicly aired during a segment on Aluta FM (92.1 MHz) on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, where Wendell Yeboah, the …