Ghana has invited Shandong Gold Group to use the country as a base for wider industrial expansion across Africa, as the government seeks to attract investment that supports more environmentally sustainable mining, Lands and Natural Resources Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah said.
Buah made the invitation during a meeting with the leadership of the Chinese mining company at its headquarters in Jinan, where discussions focused on sustainable resource management and the potential deployment of advanced technologies in Ghana’s mining industry.
The minister said Ghana was interested in learning from Shandong Gold’s environmental rehabilitation, tree-planting and worker-safety practices as the country works to strengthen standards in its extractive sector.
He also encouraged the company to expand the use of environmentally friendly technologies, including electric mining vehicles, to reduce the environmental footprint of mining operations.
“Ghana stands fully prepared to deepen this strategic partnership on a strictly win-win framework,” Buah said, adding that he had formally invited the company to consider Ghana as a central hub for broader industrial expansion across the continent.
The discussions come as Ghana seeks to balance continued development of its mineral resources with stronger environmental protection and more sustainable mining practices.
The minister said the government wants partnerships that combine investment and industrial expansion with technologies and practices that protect ecological systems and improve the long-term sustainability of resource extraction.
