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Bauxite mining in Ghana

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Bauxite mining in Ghana nyaa bauxite bɛyɛ metric tɔn 708,000 wɔ afe 2021 mu.[1][2][3]

Mfaso

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Bauxite yɛ Ghana aboɔ titire a wɔde yɛ aluminium, na ɛdi dwuma kese wɔ ɔman no mfiridwuma mu. Bauxite a wotu wɔ Ghana no mu dodow no ara na wɔde yɛ alumina, na afei wɔyɛ no yiye ma ɛyɛ aluminium dade.[4]

Abakɔsɛm

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Bauxite a wotu wɔ Ghana ho abakɔsɛm fii ase wɔ afeha a ɛto so 20 mfiase. Wodii kan huu bauxite wɔ ɔman no mu wɔ afe 1921 mu wɔ Awaso, wɔ Western North Region. Adwumayɛ a edi kan no fii ase wɔ 1940 mfe no mu, na Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) na ɛhwɛɛ bauxite a woyi ne nea wɔde kɔ amannɔne no so fi saa bere no.[5]

Wɔ afe 2018 mu no, wɔnam Mmarahyɛ Bagua no Mmara so hyehyɛɛ Ghana Integrated Aluminum Development Corporation (GIADEC), wɔ Ghana Integrated Aluminum Development Corporation Act, 2018 (Act 976) ase.[6][7][8][9]

Beaɛ Ahorow

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Awaso

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Awaso wɔ Atɔeɛ-Atifi Mantam mu na ɛyɛ mmeaeɛ a wɔatu fam gudeɛ wɔ Ghana a akyɛ paa no mu baako, na wɔbu akontaa sɛ wonya metric tɔn ɔpepem 60 (MMT) wɔ hɔ.[10][11] Adwumakuw no aboa nneɛma a wɔde yɛ nneɛma a wɔde kɔ amannɔne titiriw mfe du du pii ni.[12][13]

Nyinahin

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Ashanti Mantam no kurow Nyinahin na ɛwɔ Ghana bauxite akoraeɛ kɛseɛ paa, a wɔbu akontaa sɛ ɛyɛ 700 MMT.[14][15][16]

Kyebi

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Kyebi, a ɛwɔ Apuei Mantam mu no, bɛyɛ 160 MMT na wɔde asie na wɔayɛ nhyehyɛe sɛ wɔbɛyɛ hɔ adwuma daakye.[17][18][19]

Baeɛ a menyaa mmoa fii

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  2. Ghana to improve bauxite production and shipping capacity - Asian Metal, retrieved 2024-12-24
  3. Nyinahin Bauxite deposits now 375 million tonnes over previous 250 million tonnes estimate (in English), retrieved 2024-12-24
  4. Juliet Etefe (2023-11-15), Mineral Resource Estimate reveals 50% surge in bauxite deposits at Nyinahin (in British English), retrieved 2024-12-24
  5. kgi-admin (2023-04-06), Bauxite production in Ghana and major projects (in American English), retrieved 2024-12-24
  6. Ghana Integrated Aluminum Development Corporation (GIADEC) (in American English), 2020-10-19, retrieved 2024-12-24
  7. GIADEC makes significant progress towards developing an Integrated Aluminium Industry (in British English), 2022-08-05, retrieved 2024-12-24
  8. Mohammed Awal (2022-08-09), GIADEC makes significant progress toward developing an Integrated Aluminium Industry (in British English), retrieved 2024-12-24
  9. Steps to establish Ghana's Integrated Aluminium Industry on course – Lands Minister - MyJoyOnline (in American English), 2023-03-29, retrieved 2024-12-24
  10. PARLIAMENT RATIFIES GHANA BAUXITE COMPANY’S MINING LEASE. (in American English), 2024-06-27, retrieved 2024-12-24
  11. Mohammed Awal (2024-06-26), Parliament approves mining lease for Ghana Bauxite Company (in British English), retrieved 2024-12-24
  12. CSIR-Building and Road Research Institute - Gallery, retrieved 2024-12-24
  13. Awaso: Bauxite Company workers to re-apply for jobs after violent protests (in American English), 2019-06-24, retrieved 2024-12-24
  14. Nyinahin bauxite deposits more than historically estimated - GIADEC-Rocksure MRE report (in American English), 2023-11-15, retrieved 2024-12-24
  15. Nyinahin bauxite deposits twice more than historically estimated — GIADEC (in British English), 2023-11-18, retrieved 2024-12-24
  16. Juliet Etefe (2023-11-15), Mineral Resource Estimate reveals 50% surge in bauxite deposits at Nyinahin (in British English), retrieved 2024-12-24
  17. Support GIADEC & Rocksure Int. to construct bauxite mine at Nyinahin - Otumfuo urges Government - MyJoyOnline (in American English), 2023-11-16, retrieved 2024-12-24
  18. We'll now refine bauxite mined in Ghana - Akufo-Addo (in American English), 2024-03-06, retrieved 2024-12-24
  19. We will now refine bauxite mined in Ghana - President Akufo-Addo - MyJoyOnline (in American English), 2024-03-07, retrieved 2024-12-24