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General info | ||
Comment on implementation status | Newmont briefly suspended operations in 2018 after 6 workers were killed. The information is not really clear if they have resumed operation in this mine where the accident happened or only in the other mines that they also operate in the country. | Newmont briefly suspended operations in 2018 after 6 workers were killed. The company has since resumed operation in this mine where the accident happened. |
Employment | ||
Investor info | ||
Comment on investment chain | In 2002, Newmont acquired 50% of Ahafo as a result of the merger with Normandy. In 2003, Newmont purchased the remaining interest from Moydow Mines
International Inc. (βMoydowβ), thereby making it a wholly owned subsidiary. | |
Local communities / indigenous peoples | ||
Name of community | Ahafo communities | Ntotroso, Kenyasi No. 1, Kenyasi No. 2, Gyedu, Wamahiniso, Susuanso, Terchire, Yamfo, Afirisipakrom, Adrobaa |
Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements) | The Ahafo Mine is in the process of acquiring land to resettle community members potentially to be impacted by its Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) expansion project | |
Former use | ||
Produce info | ||
Water | ||
Gender-related info | ||
Comment on gender-related info | 2016 WACAM reports that there was not much employment created for local women in the mine.
None of the compensation is received by women, the primary agricultural producers.
The miners pay young school girls to have sex with them and teenagers have also been raped. | 2016 WACAM reports that there was not much employment created for local women in the mine.
None of the compensation is received by women, the primary agricultural producers.
The miners pay young school girls to have sex with them and teenagers have also been raped.
Womenβs Consultative Committee (WCC)
Ahafo established the Womenβs Consultative Committee (WCC) in 2008 mainly to enhance womenβs participation in decision-making. Made up of about 100 members, the committee includes queen mothers and elected representatives of all community women and womenβs groups/ associations within the Ahafo mineβs catchment area. The WCC has set up a revolving fund to empower women in the ten host communities economically. |
Overall comment | ||
Meta | ||
Fully updated | No | Yes |
Locations | ||
Data sources | ||
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Publication title | Newmont Ghana remains committed to providing fair and just compensation to eligible individuals projected to require relocation | |
Date | 2020-01-16 | |
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Publication title | Operations - Ahafo Ghana | |
Contracts | ||
Contract #XCp2ZS2S | ||
Comment on contract | Possibility of renewal. The contract was revised in December 2015. | Possibility of renewal. The contract was revised in December 2015.
The Ahafo mine operates on three mining leases between the Government of Ghana and Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd. |