Coal India, the world’s largest coal producer, is evaluating bauxite opportunities in Ghana as the Indian state-controlled miner eyes expansion beyond coal and to secure overseas mineral assets. The Ghana interest is part of a wider plan to establish Coal India’s first overseas trading office in...
Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO) plans to move further into Ghana’s aluminium value chain with a new continuous casting and rolling mill that will produce aluminium rods for electrical cable manufacturers. The company has already supplied test samples to Nexans Kablemetal and Reroy Cables,...
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As global bauxite and alumina markets confront evolving trade flows, complex supply chains and shifting policy frameworks, Fastmarkets Bauxite & Alumina 2026 will convene senior executives, government officials and analysts from March 23 to 25 in Miami. The forum will focus on the operational...
The 2025 revenue generation of the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO) in Ghana has surpassed USD 120 million. This marks the highest and best performance by the company in recent years. The update comes at a significant juncture as the state-owned aluminium smelter proceeds with a turnaround...
The aluminium value chain moved through a week shaped less by routine output numbers and more by structural forces - environmental accountability, resource nationalism, tariff recalibration and fresh capacity ambitions. Across continents, governments and producers alike signalled that aluminium is...
Ghana plans to end exports of raw minerals, including bauxite, within the next five years as part of the West African country's efforts to advance domestic industrialisation and strengthen its economy, Ghana's president, John Dramani Mahama, reportedly told delegates attending a mining summit in...
A visit by Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Samson Ahi, to the Shai Hills facility of Recyclers Ghana Ltd has drawn attention to the company’s export contribution and the pressures facing the recycling industry. To learn about the global aluminium outlook, download our...
Ghana has a bauxite reserve of approximately 900 to 960 million tonnes, with the current production capacity ranging between 1.5 and 1.8 million tonnes. On February 14, at an Accra Reset Addis Reckoning event held in Addis Ababa, John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana, announced the aim of...
Speculations about Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO), a primary aluminium smelter, being sold were shattered by statements of Reindorf Twumasi Ankrah, the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC). With his recent press conference, Twumasi Ankrah gave the...
A surge in intra-African trade is reshaping West Africa’s industrial outlook. Data from the Nigeria Customs Service shows that Nigeria’s exports to other African markets rose by 14 per cent to NGN 4.82 trillion (USD 3.4 billion), with over 60 per cent flowing into West Africa. Ghana's 24-hour...
Plans to develop a fully integrated aluminium industry in Ghana could elevate the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO) into one of Africa’s largest aluminium producers, according to the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Robert Malika Sambian. To know more about the global primary aluminium...
2025 has marked a year of upstream momentum for the aluminium industry. Across continents, bauxite mines and alumina refineries are coming online, quietly redefining where global supply begins. This shift is being driven by a wave of projects that are expanding raw material capacity and reshaping...
The global aluminium downstream sector, with further alignment with the end-use sector are undergoing some serious changes, driven by everything from major industrial expansions and strategic partnerships to fresh technology launches, policy shifts and market signals. This week’s news highlights a...
The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) has firmly rejected claims that the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) is being sold, clarifying that the government is instead pursuing a carefully structured strategic partnership to revive and expand the long-idled smelter. The...
An investor selection committee has been formed in Ghana that has delivered its findings on proposals to establish the country’s first large-scale alumina refinery, a development officials say could finally reverse decades of exporting raw bauxite while importing higher-value finished products at a...
The Nyinahin bauxite project in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, gains momentum for mining development as The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), Metalloïd Resources Investment, LLC-S.P.C, and Ghana Integrated Bauxite Development Limited Company (GIBDLC) have secured a USD 60...
The Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO) announced the plan for expanding its smelter operational capacity to 40 per cent from the current 23 per cent. The initiative supports Ghana’s downstream value-addition chain, overcoming the limitations of exporting primary aluminium only. This strategic...
Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has tasked the newly inaugurated Governing Board of the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO) with converting Ghana’s bauxite resources into concrete economic value. At the inauguration ceremony, where 10 board members were...
The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) has rejected reports suggesting that government plans to hand over the Nyinahin bauxite concessions to businessman Ibrahim Mahama, calling the claims “false and misleading.” In its statement, GIADEC said it had taken note of a...
Under the guidance of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) has started making notable moves to fast-track the country’s industrial transformation. Explore- Most accurate data to drive business decisions with 50+ reports across...
