Mine boss Oleg Sheiko says Ghana may be better | The:ww14.psui.cn Ghana Chamber of Mines:ww14.psui.cn Manganese Mining in Africa:ww14.psui.cn Mining industry of Ghana:ww14.psui.cn Mining - Ghana:ww14.psui.cn The government also is trying to expand Ghana's diamond mining industry, which has produced primarily industrial grade gems from alluvial gravels since the s. More than 11000000 carats (2200 kg) of proven and probable reserves are located about seventy miles northwest of Accra. The main producer is the state-owned Ghana Consolidated Diamonds (GCD), which operates in the Birim River Basin. In the s, thepany mined 2000000 carats (400 kg) of diamonds a year, but annual production in amounted to only 146000 carats (29 kg). This downturn resulted from technical problems and GCD's weak financial position. Production from all mines came to 688000 carats (138 kg) in and to 694000 carats (139 kg) in .[5] Gold production in , not including smuggled or undocumented production, was 72080 kg, down from its peak the previous year, 79946, and up from 54662 in . The drop was attributed to the closure in of the Teberebie Mine, which ranked third in the country in , with 8573 kg mined, and of surface mining operations at the Obuasiplex, the largest producer in the country, resulting in a drop in production from 27537 kg in to 19937 in through its open-pit and underground operations. Also closing were the Prestea underground mine, in ; the Asikam alluvial mine, in ; and oxide mining at ...

• published: 18 Sep 2012
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• author: Lucinda Lance