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The management of AngloGold Ashanti has clarified media reports about some illegal miners who have allegedly been trapped in one of its mining shafts at Anwiam in the Obuasi East district. In a press release issued on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, the mining firm explained that the miners who used …

Wives and other relations of the over 300 illegal miners reportedly trapped in a mine shaft belonging to multinational mining giant AngloGold have besieged the site carrying for them to be rescued. A video shared by UTV showed several people, predominately women, crying behind a fence where they claimed their …

Obuasi residents are up in arms against managers of AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi mine over the company’s refusal to cede part of its mining concessions to community members. Some held placards which read: “We are tired of the joblessness”, Enough is Enough, AngloGold keeps failing us”, We are tired”, as they …

But for the timely intervention of a joint police-military team at Obuasi, a clash between angry artisans and officials of Anglogold Ashanti’s security personnel would have turned bloody. Mining artisans, popularly known as ‘galamseyers’ numbering over fifty, wanted to take over a mining pit abandoned by Anglogold Ashanti at Wawase, …

AngloGold Ashanti has announced that the miner who went missing after the geotechnical event at Obuasi on May 18, 2021, is dead The mining company in a statement sighted by MyNewsGh.com said his body was found on Saturday 29th May by mine rescue teams. “Our thoughts remain with the family …

  • The body of the missing contractor of AngloGold Ashanti has been found • His body was retrieved two weeks when he went missing after the Obuasi mine caved in • The search party found him dead Mining giant, Anglogold Ashanti has retrieved the body of its staff who …

Two decades after the then Ashanti Goldfields was acquired by South African multinational, AngloGold, Ghana is about to get back what used to be its biggest and most prestigious privately owned corporation. Last year the company sold the last of its operational assets in South Africa to its rival, Harmony, …

The Board of AngloGold Ashanti is pleased to advise that Independent Non-Executive Director Maria Ramos has been appointed chair of the Board. Ms Ramos succeeds Sipho Pityana who has resigned from the Board. These changes are with immediate effect. The Board notes the significant contribution made by Mr Pityana to …

AngloGold Ashanti has announced that Kelvin Dushnisky will step down as chief executive officer (CEO), effective September 1, 2020. The Board thanked him for his contribution in delivering on its strategy and wishes him well in the future. A statement said Kelvin will remain in Toronto to spend time with …

The AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine, is financing the construction and asphalting of a 1.3-kilometre road in the Obausi Municipality. The project estimated at GH¢5.7 million is part of the company’s corporate social responsibility initiative in the community. Mr Eric Asubonteng, the Managing Director of the Company, who made this known …