WELCOME TO WEST AFRICA MINING COMPANY
The West Africa Mining Company is the main minerals industry association in Ghana. The company represents the collective interests of companies involved in mineral exploration, production and processing in Ghana. Its activities are entirely funded by its member companies, which produce over 90 per cent of the Ghana's mineral output.The Chamber has represented the industry's interests since 1928.
OUR MEMBERS
There are five broad categories of membership, namely, Represented, Pre-production, Contract Mining, Exploration, and Affiliate Categories.
Represented
This is a class of membership for Mining Companies in the commercial production.
Pre-production
It is a class of membership for Mining Companies, which are about to go into commercial production. They become Represented Members after being in commercial production for one year.
Contract Mining
This is a class of membership for companies providing contract mining services.
Exploration
It is a class of membership for prospecting/exploration Mining Companies.
Affiliate
This is a class of membership for mining and minerals related service providers, also known as Services Industries.
West Africa Mining Company operates through an extensive Committee system, which enables the specialist expertise and the intellectual capital within the Member Companies to be tapped in a collective effort to enhance the overall business environment in which the mining industry and the country can have the opportunity to thrive and flourish.
INTRODUCTION
The first offices of the West Africa Mining Company, which gave birth to many Mines, were set up in 1903 with the principal objective of advancing and protecting the mining interests of the shareholders. The company was composed of directors of the Mining Companies in London who, among other functions, had power to promote or oppose any legislative measures or petition government and administrative bodies in the colony on many matters, which directly affected mining interests.
On 6th June 1928, the West Africa Mining Company was incorporated as a private Company and operated at Tarkwa in the Western Region. On Ghana’s attainment of independence on 6th March 1957, the name of the West Africa Mining Company was altered to the Ghana Chamber of Mines. By a special resolution on 6th May 1960, the form of the objects of the Chamber was also altered, and on 14th February 1964, the company was converted under the Companies Code 1963 (Act 179) into a Company Limited by Guarantee. In 1967, the registered offices of the Chamber moved to the national capital, Accra. The company has since remained a voluntary private sector employers’ association representing companies and organizations engaged in the minerals and mining industry in Ghana.
Programs and activities of the company are funded entirely by its Member Companies, which are largely responsible for producing almost all of Ghana’s minerals.
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