People Working Under Obuasi Gold Mines

Obuasi

As of 2012, the town has a population of 175,043 people. The current mayor (executive chief) of the town is Hon. Elijah Adansi-Bonah. Obuasi is home to the Obuasi Gold Mine, one of the largest known gold deposits on Earth. The Gold Coast region was named after the large amount of gold mined, historically at Obuasi and the bordering Ashanti Region.

VACANCIES AT ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI (OBUASI …

AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited is currently on a journey to redevelop the Obuasi Gold Mine into a modern, efficient and long-term profitable operation. The underground mining operation will be fully mechanized …

AngloGold Ashanti partners Rangold to revamp Obuasi mines

Randgold Resources Limited and AngloGold Ashanti Limited have concluded an investment agreement aimed at the formation of a joint venture to redevelop and operate AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi gold mine. In terms of the Agreement, Randgold will lead and fund a development plan designed to rebuild Obuasi as a viable long-life mining business with an …

Overview of the Obuasi Gold Mine (Facts and Figures)

During the period from May 2004, when AngloGold Ashanti started work, to the year-end, gold production totalled 255,000oz from 2.6Mt of ore, at total cash costs of US$305/oz. The company reported an increase in gold production to 391,000oz for the whole of 2005, at total cash costs of US$345/oz and total production costs of US$481/oz.

AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine empowers 60 local …

According to the Community relations manager of AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine Edmond Oduro Agyei, the program feeds into the overarching goal of AngloGold Ashanti to empower local businesses to create more jobs in a bid to diversify the economy of Obuasi. He emphasized the mining company's commitment towards sustainability which implies ...

(PDF) Gold Rush

fighting poverty together 21 Gold rush The impact of gold mining on poor people in Obuasi in Ghana What AGA says – health issues programme liaison teams and volunteer community advocates have been trained to provide health information on malaria prevention." 22 "As regards the allegations of skin and respiratory diseases AngloGold Ashanti ...

Obuasi, Ghana

Obuasi is an underground operation with the main accesses into the mine consisting of shafts and a single access decline with interlevel development of between 15 and 30m. The Obuasi Deeps Decline, which is situated at the …

AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi Gold Mine "Certified" …

AngloGold Ashanti is a global gold mining company and the world's third largest gold producer. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, AngloGold Ashanti has 20 operations on four continents and one of the …

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Obuasi Gold mines in Ashanti region, Ghana

The Wall Street Journal. "In Ghana, AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., the world's No. 3 gold producer, closed shafts at its Obuasi mine in late 2014, as the mine hemorrhaged cash amid sinking metals prices. Early this year, hundreds of men broke through the 13-mile fence around Obuasi and started prospected for gold there on their own." Click to view

Reviving Obuasi: AngloGold Ashanti's gold mine …

The venerable Obuasi gold mine in Ghana, which was placed on careand- maintenance a few years ago, has sprung back to life as a result of the implementation of a roughly half-a-billion US dollar redevelopment plan by its …

AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine Empowers 60 local …

AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine has organised a 2-day capacity-building workshop, dubbed Business Supply Chain Development (BSD) for 60 contractors in Obuasi. The participants were schooled on banking culture, tax compliance, digitalisation – Absa payment platform, procurement processes for goods and materials, procurement processes for services …

Assessing the knowledge and practices of occupational …

Obuasi has one of the largest gold mining company which was formerly known as Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (AGC) however, currently AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) mines to a depth of 1,500m. From 2016 till the start of its reconstruction in early 2019, AGA was on "care and maintenance" while the Ghanaian government provided the appropriate ...

THE HISTORY OF THE OBUASI GOLD MINE...

THE HISTORY OF THE OBUASI GOLD MINE Gold mining began at Obuasi Gold Mine more than 122 years ago, in 1897 when it was originally known as the Ashanti Mine. In 2008, AngloGold Ashanti's Ashantiland...

Latest Job Opportunities at AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine

AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited, Obuasi Gold Mine is currently near completion of the redevelopment phase to become a modern, efficient and long-term profitable operation. The underground mining operation has been fully mechanized and designed to produce up to an average maximum of 5,000 t/day of ore mined. Below are the latest job …

Asante Gold

All mining leases carry a 10% free carried interest in favour of the Ghanaian government under Section 43(1) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006. ... August 2021 Asante finalises purchase the Bibiani Gold Mine. The Mine is owned by AGBL (RGD No. CS506392014 incorporated in Ghana), a wholly owned subsidiary of Asante Gold Corporation. ...

obuasi mines careers – Obuasitoday

The Obuasi East Local Management Committee (LMC) has been entreated to adopt a bottom up approach with the aim of ensuring transparency when engaging their...

Obuasi, Ghana, AngloGold Ashanti

Obuasi, an underground operation mining to a depth of 1,500m, is in the Ashanti region, approximately 60km south of Kumasi. Obuasi was on care and maintenance from 2016 to the …

Ghana's gold mining city under siege

The company in 2014 put its activities at Obuasi under a two-year break for a restructuring process to make the mines profitable. This has left over 5,000 workers losing their jobs.

DTSF Study/Project Manager

About Obuasi. Obuasi mine is developing a new tailings storage facility (TSF) in line with the remaining storage capacity of existing South TSF, life of mine (LoM) production …

[PDF] Gold rush. The impact of gold mining on poor people in Obuasi …

Executive summary While the price of gold dips from near-record levels on world markets, new ActionAid research highlights that poor people in Obuasi in Ghana are suffering huge social and environmental costs and alleged human rights abuses as a result of gold mining by a subsidiary of UK-listed mining giant Anglo American.

AngloGold, police working to stop Obuasi galamsey

Gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti is working with police to prevent the expansion of illegal mining beyond the northern extremity of its lease tenement at the Obuasi gold mine in Ghana. AngloGold executive VP Graham Ehm said at the company's presentation of yearly and quarterly results in Johannesburg on Monday that the company's ...

Operational profile 2023 Operational profile Obuasi – …

Obuasi is located in the Ashanti region of Ghana, approximately 60km south of Kumasi. Mining operations are primarily underground, to a depth of 1,500m. On receipt of the requisite …

Ghana's Illegal Galamsey Gold Mining Affecting Cocoa …

Illegal gold mining in Ghana further exacerbates a volatile cocoa market. In 2014, experts predicted a global cocoa shortage by 2020. However, cocoa production statistics have been unpredictable ...

Obuasi Gold mine to employ over two thousand people – …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has re-opened the Anglogold Ashanti gold mine in Obuasi, which had been closed since 2014. Addressing the Chiefs and people of Obuasi, on Tuesday, 22nd January, 2019, Akufo-Addo noted that upon his assumption of office, a series of discussions and negotiations took place, the end-result being the re-development project of …

Boakye Pobee appointed MD of Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine

Anglogold Ashanti has appointed Boakye Pobee as managing director for its Obuasi Mine. Pobee has extensive experience spanning over 20 years in both open pit and underground mining. He was appointed managing director of Anglogold Ashanti's Iduapriem Mine in July 2021.

AngloGold Ashanti Ghana: New World Record Set at Obuasi Mine

Currently, AngloGold Ashanti operates 12 mines across Africa, The Americas, and Australia. Production at Obuasi, an underground mine in Ghana's Ashanti region, began in 1987 and stopped in 2014. A favourable feasibility study was completed in 2017 and indicated a strong technical and economic case with an anticipated 20-year life of mine.

Prez Akufo-Addo reopens Obuasi gold mine | 3News

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has re-opened Obuasi's Anglogold Ashanti gold mine, which had been effectively closed since 2014. According to President Akufo-Addo, reopening the gold mine is in fulfilment of a campaign pledge he made to the people of Obuasi on 15th July, 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 general elections. Addressing

Our people

People are at the heart of our business and we adhere to our values of safety, respect, dignity and the fair treatment of our employees. In 2022, Obuasi recorded zero fatalities.

AngloGold Ashanti has contracted Veolia for water …

Veolia has signed a new contract with AngloGold Ashanti Limited, part of the the South African headquartered gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, the world's third largest gold producer. Veolia Ghana Limited (*) will be responsible for operating and maintaining all the water treatment plants for the Obuasi open-cut and underground mines in Ghana.