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Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will soon cut sod for work to commence on a USD 450 million manganese refinery at Nsuta in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region, announced the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Abu Jinapor.
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will soon cut sod for work to commence on a USD 450 million manganese refinery at Nsuta in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region, announced the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Abu Jinapor. This would upgrade the quality of manganese from the current 27 percent to about 40 percent, leading to the production and export of various refined products, including battery-grade manganese, one of the key components in the production of batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems. Jinapor continued that the Ghanaian government had already put in place the policy and regulatory frameworks to incentivize and support investment in value-added activities and emphasized that Ghana’s path forward in the critical minerals industry was based on the intensification of research and development for value addition to its resources.
Jinapor announced this in Tarkwa at the opening of the 8th University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa Biennial International Mining and Mineral Conference.
The event was on the theme: “Innovations in Mining and Mineral Processing: Expanding the Frontiers of Mining Technology”.
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The move, according to the Minister, clearly demonstrates the government’s preparedness for value addition to critical minerals produced in the country, adding that this will result in economic diversification and job creation, and position the country to leverage her mineral wealth to drive industrialization and enhance our competitiveness on the global stage.
The minister said it was imperative to invest in a comprehensive geological investigation to identify and quantify their critical mineral resources, as a basis for a diversified and information-based mining sector.
