Ghana is sometimes referred to as Africa’s “Gold Coast,” because of its abundance of natural resources cocoa and gold. But as the price of gold has been soaring, so has the effort to smuggle ...

As part of a sweeping policy shift aimed at tightening control over its most lucrative natural resource, Ghana has banned all foreigners from trading in its domestic gold market, BBC reported. The ...

In just the first half of this year, 36% of the gold produced in Ghana came from legal small-scale mines, with a value of around $1.7 billion, according to Ghana’s Ministry of Land and Resources.

ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday launched a task force backed by security forces to address illegal gold trading, as Africa's top producer seeks to recover billions ...

THE DUBAI CONNECTION In 2023, the United Arab Emirates reported that $3.2-billion of gold (52.9 metric tons net weight) was imported from Ghana.

Set to take over the country’s gold trading sector, the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) will replace a patchwork of overlapping state institutions in what its chief executive Sammy Gyamfi calls “a new gold ...

ABOUT IDUAPRIEM Iduapriem is located in the western region of Ghana, approximately 70km north of the coastal city of Takoradi and about 10km south-west of Gold Fields’ Tarkwa mine.

As the gold price crossed $3,200 per ounce for the first time, Ghana, a major gold producer, has officially centralized control over its gold exports under a newly established government entity ...

The Associated Press - January 20, 2025 ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Soldiers killed at least seven people at a gold mine in southern Ghana, the West African country’s military said.

Ghana in talks with gold miners over new taxes By Kwasi Kpodo October 11, 20114:04 AM PDTUpdated October 11, 2011 ...