Ghanaian billionaire Ibrahim Mahama's gold mine doubles full-time staff to 426
Six months after taking over the Damang gold mine from Gold Fields, Ibrahim Mahama's company has doubled full-time staff and lifted monthly mining volumes.
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Six months after taking over the Damang gold mine from Gold Fields, Ibrahim Mahama's company has doubled full-time staff and lifted monthly mining volumes.
A controversy over Ibrahim Mahama's expanding mining interests followed his brother President John Mahama to London where he met King Charles and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Ibrahim Mahama's Damang Gold Mine has begun deploying a $250 million fleet of 52 heavy-duty machines, the largest capital injection by a wholly Ghanaian-owned large-scale miner in recent memory, six weeks after taking over the mine from Gold Fields.
Ghana has awarded the Damang gold mine lease to Ibrahim Mahama's Engineers and Planners after the firm scored highest in a 4-company competitive tender, beating out three rivals.
Ghana's parliamentary minority is accusing Ibrahim Mahama of capturing the country's mining sector less than a year into his brother's presidency.